Publications

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights produces an extensive range of publications on a variety of topics related to human rights, which provides information of interest to Governments, national institutions, civil society, the general public and the media.

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Cover: Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation - Guidance and Practice

Policy and methodological publications

09 October 2023

Health and disability

Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation: Guidance and Practice

Becoming a Party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance – Practical Guide cover

Training and education publications

28 September 2023

Becoming a Party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance – Practical Guide

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol: Handbook for Parliamentarians (revised edition)

Policy and methodological publications

22 June 2023

Women

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol: Handbook for Parliamentarians (revised edition)

Annual report

01 June 2023

OHCHR Report 2022

Fact sheets

31 March 2023

Fact Sheet No. 6 (Rev. 4): Enforced Disappearances

Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration: Training Guide

Training and education publications

14 March 2023

Migrants

Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration: Training Guide

Annual appeal

01 January 2023

Human rights work

UN Human Rights Appeal 2023

OHCHR ERT Protecting Minority Rights A Practical Guide

Policy and methodological publications

06 December 2022

Protecting Minority Rights – A Practical Guide to Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation

Cover: Fourth Phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education

Training and education publications

20 October 2022

Plan of Action for the Fourth Phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education

Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Policy and methodological publications

29 June 2022

Torture and inhuman treatment

Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2022 edition)

Annual report

02 June 2022

OHCHR Report 2021

Policy and methodological publications

27 May 2022

Minding the Corporate Gap: How Human Rights Defenders and Companies Can Work Together to Tackle Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons

Training and education publications

24 March 2022

Enforced and involuntary disappearances

OHCHR Training Guide on Reporting under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Training and education publications

24 March 2022

Enforced and involuntary disappearances

Reporting under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance: Training Guide (Part II – Training package)

Publication cover: Remedy in Development Finance - GUIDANCE AND PRACTICE

Policy and methodological publications

23 February 2022

Sustainable development

Publications

Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation: Guidance and Practice

Becoming a Party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance – Practical Guide

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol: Handbook for Parliamentarians (revised edition)

OHCHR Report 2022

Fact Sheet No. 6 (Rev. 4): Enforced Disappearances

Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration: Training Guide

UN Human Rights Appeal 2023

Protecting Minority Rights – A Practical Guide to Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation

Plan of Action for the Fourth Phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education

Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2022 edition)

OHCHR Report 2021

Minding the Corporate Gap: How Human Rights Defenders and Companies Can Work Together to Tackle Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons

OHCHR Training Guide on Reporting under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Reporting under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance: Training Guide (Part II – Training package)

Remedy in Development Finance: Guidance and Practice