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Reporting Under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced...

Part I – Manual

Series: Professional Training Series in Human Rights
( Print: May 2022, PDF: May 2022 )

This Training Guide seeks to assist States parties in meeting their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the rights enshrined in the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced...

This Training Guide seeks to assist States parties in meeting their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the rights enshrined in the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced...


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United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement (Arabic language)

( PDF: August 2021 )

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...


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United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement

( Print: September 2020, PDF: September 2020 )

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...


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Orientaciones de las Naciones Unidas en materia de derechos humanos sobre el empleo de armas menos...

( PDF: August 2021 )

Después de establecer los principios generales sobre el uso de la fuerza, la guía analiza las normas y estándares internacionales sobre el uso de armas menos letales de una manera específica de armas...

Después de establecer los principios generales sobre el uso de la fuerza, la guía analiza las normas y estándares internacionales sobre el uso de armas menos letales de una manera específica de armas...


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Lignes directrices des Nations Unies sur les droits de l'homme portant sur l'utilisation des armes à...

( PDF: April 2021 )

Après avoir énoncé des principes généraux sur le recours à la force, les orientations examinent les normes et règles internationales relatives à l'utilisation d'armes moins létales selon des scénarios...

Après avoir énoncé des principes généraux sur le recours à la force, les orientations examinent les normes et règles internationales relatives à l'utilisation d'armes moins létales selon des scénarios...


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United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement (Russian language)

( PDF: April 2021 )

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...


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United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement (Chinese language)

( PDF: April 2021 )

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...

After setting forth general principles on use of force, the guidance discusses international norms and standards on the use of less lethal weapons in a scenario-based, weapon-specific manner with a...


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Blood and Borders

The Responsibility to Protect and the Problem of the Kin-State

( Print: July 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic...

Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic...


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Fixing Haiti

MINUSTAH and Beyond

( Print: July 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

References to the land of the black Jacobins are almost always followed by the phrase the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere”. To that distinction, on 12 January 2010, Haiti added another, when...

References to the land of the black Jacobins are almost always followed by the phrase the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere”. To that distinction, on 12 January 2010, Haiti added another, when...


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Keeping Watch

Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations

( Print: July 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Knowledge is power. In the hands of United Nations peacekeepers, it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerless in the field, unable to protect themselves...

Knowledge is power. In the hands of United Nations peacekeepers, it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerless in the field, unable to protect themselves...


Asia's Emerging Regional Order

Reconciling Traditional and Human Security

( Print: August 2000 )

Asia's Emerging Regional Order explores alternative approaches to human security, a concept especially relevant to the Asia-Pacific region, which is experiencing immense structural changes. It...

Asia's Emerging Regional Order explores alternative approaches to human security, a concept especially relevant to the Asia-Pacific region, which is experiencing immense structural changes. It...


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Guidance on Casualty Recording

( Print: February 2020, PDF: March 2020 )

The OHCHR Guidance on Casualty Recording is the first UN publication on casualty recording methodology. It provides a ‘how to’ guide for actors that are doing or considering establishing a casualty...

The OHCHR Guidance on Casualty Recording is the first UN publication on casualty recording methodology. It provides a ‘how to’ guide for actors that are doing or considering establishing a casualty...


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Defying Victimhood

Women and Post-conflict Peacebuilding

( Print: September 2012, PDF: December 2012 )

Women are among the most competent, yet marginalized, unnoticed and underutilized actors in efforts to rebuild war-torn societies. Opportunities for sustainable peacebuilding are lost - and...

Women are among the most competent, yet marginalized, unnoticed and underutilized actors in efforts to rebuild war-torn societies. Opportunities for sustainable peacebuilding are lost - and...


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Norms of Protection

Responsibility to Protect, Protection of Civilians and Their Interaction

( Print: November 2012, PDF: December 2012 )

A series of humanitarian tragedies in the 1990s (Somalia, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Kosovo) demonstrated the failure of the international community to protect civilians in the context of complex emergencies...

A series of humanitarian tragedies in the 1990s (Somalia, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Kosovo) demonstrated the failure of the international community to protect civilians in the context of complex emergencies...


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Becoming a Party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Becoming a Party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced...

Practical Guide

Series: Professional Training Series in Human Rights
( Print: October 2023, PDF: October 2023 )

This practical guide aims to promote the universal ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to assist States as they move towards...

This practical guide aims to promote the universal ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to assist States as they move towards...


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Devenir État partie à la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées

Devenir État partie à la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre...

Guide pratique

Series: Série sur la Formation Professionnelle
( PDF: January 2024 )

Ce guide pratique vise à promouvoir la ratification universelle de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées et à aider les États dans...

Ce guide pratique vise à promouvoir la ratification universelle de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées et à aider les États dans...


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Convertirse en Estado parte de la Convención Internacional para la protección de todas las personas contra las desapariciones forzadas

Convertirse en Estado parte de la Convención Internacional para la protección de todas las personas...

Guía práctica

Series: Serie de Capacitación Profesional
( PDF: December 2023 )

Esta guía práctica tiene como objetivo promover la ratificación universal de la Convención Internacional para la protección de todas las personas contra las desapariciones forzadas y ayudar a los...

Esta guía práctica tiene como objetivo promover la ratificación universal de la Convención Internacional para la protección de todas las personas contra las desapariciones forzadas y ayudar a los...