A young girl doing her school-work in Karachi, Pakistan. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to free primary education.
(UN Photo/John Isaac)
UN Bodies
- General Assembly Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
Documents, press releases, related links. - UN Human Rights Council
General Assembly resolution establishing the Council, latest news, meetings, events, membership. - Charter-based and Treaty-based Bodies
Overview, treaties, documents, recommendations.
Thematic Issues
- Secretary-General's Campaign to End Violence Against Women
Framework for action, activities and contacts, statements, resources. - Special Representative on Violence Against Children
UN Study, News, Partnerships, Documents, Children's Corner - UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
Special Representative, field updates, news, testimonies, resources. - Genocide
Background, Mandate, Advisory Committee, statements, publications. - Indigenous People
News, sessions, topics, resources. - Children and Armed Conflict
Issues, conflicts, actions, key documents, media. - The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme
About the programme, key documents, events. - Lessons From Rwanda
About the programme, key documents, Visions of Rwanda. - Disability and the UN
Convention, news, reports, Mandate. - Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights Issues
List of issues, media centre, meetings, events, publications and resources. - Human Trafficking
Trafficking, migrant smuggling, tools and publications, expert interviews.
International Courts and Tribunals
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Overview, documents, latest news, courtrooms, cases, reports. - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Overview, documents, latest news, cases, judicial database, events. - Special Court for Sierra Leone
Live coverage, cases, press room, documents, news. - Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia
Reports, Judicial Officers, organs, press statements, outreach. - Special Tribunal for Lebanon
About the Tribunal, documents, reports, contacts, defence.
Other Resources
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The full text of the Declaration. - International Law Instruments Relating to Human Rights
International Bill of Human Rights, core instruments, monitoring bodies, universal instruments. - Human Rights Day
Statements, General Assembly commemoration, additional resources.
Past Conferences
- Durban Review Conference - 20-24 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
- World Conference Against Racism - 31 August-7 September 2001, Durban, South Africa
- World Conference on Human Rights - 14-25 June 1993, Vienna, Austria (report of the Conference)