List of Issues

List of Human Rights Issues

Adequate Housing

Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context

Toolkit on the right to adequate housing

Administration of Justice

Expert Consultation on the Administration of Justice

Albinism

Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism

Business and Human Rights

Intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights

Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Children

Children Deprived of Liberty - The United Nations Global Study

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

OHCHR Thematic reports on children

Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

United Nations Study on Violence against Children

Civil and Political Rights

Human Rights Committee (HRC)

Climate change

Human Rights and climate Change

Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

Coercive measures

Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures

Unilateral coercive measures and human rights

Cultural rights

Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

Death penalty

Democracy

Equal participation in political and public affairs

Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Democracy and Human Rights

Detention

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Development (Good Governance and Debt)

Development - Good governance

Human rights and the financial crisis

Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

Open-ended working group on the right to development

Right to development

Disability and Human Rights

Human Rights of persons with disabilities

Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

Disappearances

Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)

Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Discrimination

A special focus on discrimination

Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Portal (ESCR)

Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Education

Human rights education and training

Special Rapporteur on the right to education

Environment

Human Rights and the Environment

Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes

Executions

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Food

Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Toolkit on the Right to Food

Forced evictions

Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Freedom of expression and advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

OHCHR Seminar on effective measures and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests

Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

Freedom of Religion and Belief

Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

Health

Consultation on Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members

Maternal and Child Health

Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Toolkit on the Right to Health

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

Human Rights Defenders

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

Human rights education and training

United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training

World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing)

Human Rights Indicators

Humanitarian action

OHCHR and the World Humanitarian Summit

Independence of Judiciary

Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Indigenous Peoples

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Fellowship programme

Main page Indigenous

Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples

Internal Displacement

Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

International Order

Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

International Solidarity

Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Land and Human Rights

Mercenaries

Special Rapporteur on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

Migration

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW)

Migration and Human Rights

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

Minorities

Fellowship programme

Main page Minorities

Special Rapporteur on minority issues

Nationality

Right to a Nationality and Statelessness

Older persons

Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

Older persons

Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

National Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Poverty

Human rights dimension of poverty

Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

The draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights: the rights of the poor

Privacy

Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy

Racism

Ad-Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Durban Review Conference (2009)

Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent

Group of Independent Eminent Experts

Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

International Decade for People of African Descent

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism

Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban (2001)

Rule of Law

Weapons and human rights

Sexual orientation and gender identity

Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Situations

Working Group on Situations

Slavery

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Social Security

Toolkit on the Right to Social Security

Terrorism

Human rights and terrorism

Independent expert on Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights

Torture

Committee against Torture (CAT)

Special Rapporteur on torture

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

Trade and Investment

Business and human rights

Trade and investment

Traditional values

Human rights and traditional values

Trafficking in Persons

Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

Transitional Justice

Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence

Treaty Body Strengthening

Urbanization and Human Rights

Violent extremism

Human rights and preventing and countering violent extremism

Water and sanitation

Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation

Toolkit on the Right to Water and Sanitation

Women

Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

Women's Rights and Gender main page

Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice

Youth

Human rights of youth