Human rights
- The right to water
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2010
- Safe drinking water and sanitation are indispensable to sustain life and health. This publication explains “The Right to Water” (RTW), issued by the WHO and three other international or...
- Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict states: amnesties
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2009
- Amnesties are now regulated by a substantial body of international law that sets limits on their permissible scope. This publication is designed as a tool to help develop sustainable instituti...
- Embedding human rights in business practice II
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2007
- This document explores the practical application of the Global Compact’s human rights principles using case studies. It offers detailed examples of what businesses from all over the world are do...
- Rule-of-law tool for post-conflict states: maximizing the legacy of hybrid courts
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2008
- Drawing on the lessons learned from hybrid courts since 1999, this policy tool aims to explore the potential positive impact hybrid courts may have on the domestic justice system of post-conflict stat...
- Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict states: reparations programmes
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2008
- This paper presents a tool which aims to provide guidance on implementing reparations initiatives. Its focus is not on redressing single or isolated human rights violations, but on how to establish...
- From exclusion to equality: realising the rights of persons with disabilities - handbook for parliamentarians on the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and its optional protocol
- A. Byrnes;A. Conte;J-P. Gonnot / UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2007
- Over 650 million persons around the world live with disabilities and in almost every region in the world, persons with disabilities often live on the margins of society. An estimated 20 percent of ...
- Protection of internally displaced persons in situations of natural disaster
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2005
- This document outlines a working visit to Asia by the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Walter Kälin. Based on these working vi...
- Human rights and world trade agreements: using general exception clauses to protect human rights
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2005
- This paper examines ways of reconciling trade and human rights law through the use of general exception clauses in WTO trade agreements. It demonstrates how three specific exceptions—allowing States t...
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