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Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook
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Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook
for Civil Society
Date:
2009-04-20 14:21
sommaire en français Le Haut Commissariat des Droits de l'Homme a publié un
guide pour les auteurs de la sociéte civile qui explique comment ils peuvent
collaborer avec le programme des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies. Le
guide est disponible en anglais:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/NgoHandbook.aspx et sera traduit en
français
resumen en español La Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos
(OACDH) ha publicado una guía para los agentes de la sociedad civil en cómo
puede colaborar con el programa de los derechos humanos de los Naciones
Unidas. La guía está disponible en inglés en
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/NgoHandbook.aspx y será traducida a
español.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has unveiled its new
guide for civil society actors - Working with the United Nations Human
Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil
Society
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/NgoHandbook.aspx
The new user-friendly guide explains how the different United Nations human
rights mandates and mechanisms work, and how members of civil society, such
as human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations and academic
institutions, can engage with them most effectively.
“Today, civil society’s views, practical knowledge and scholarship are as
crucial to the human rights movement as ever in the pursuit of justice and
equality for all,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay writes in
her foreword to the Handbook.
The Handbook includes sections on the Human Rights Council, the human rights
treaty bodies, the special procedures, the universal periodic review
mechanism and the various complaint procedures.
Each chapter, accessible as a stand-alone reference on specific mechanisms
or mandates, provides entry points for members of civil society and best
practice examples of their initiatives and contributions.
The Handbook also promotes collaboration between civil society and OHCHR. It
introduces the role and activities of OHCHR, publications and resource
materials, fellowship and training programmes, and funds and grants.
The High Commissioner welcomes the Handbook’s release as an opportunity to
emphasize “civil society’s transformative capacity”.
“One cannot over-estimate the contribution that civil society at large has
made towards the development of international human rights standards, their
advocacy, and the functioning of human rights mechanisms.
“It is my hope that this Handbook will be used to facilitate civil society
actors’ understanding of and access to the United Nations human rights
system. It is a modest but significant resource in our joint endeavour to
make human rights, dignity and equality a universal reality,” she says.
The Handbook, now available in English, will shortly be available in Arabic,
Russian, Spanish and French. It may be downloaded in full or on a chapter by
chapter basis from the OHCHR website, and can be ordered from OHCHR’s
Publications Desk by contacting publications@ohchr.org.
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