Papua New Guinea

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• Reporting Status
• Standing invitation to Special Procedures
• Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
  (Not member of the Human Rights Council)

Special Procedures

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Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - Mission to Papua New Guinea (A/HRC/29/37/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences - Mission to Papua New Guinea (A/HRC/23/49/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - Mission to Papua New Guinea (A/HRC/16/52/Add.5)

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OHCHR deployed a Human Rights Adviser (HRA) to Papua New Guinea in 2008, to support efforts to mainstream human rights in the UNCT and engage with the PNG government to strengthen national human rights protection systems. The Human Rights Adviser’s Unit co-chairs the Human Rights Forum with the Department of Justice and Attorney General and coordinates human rights activities in accordance with the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2015-2017).
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