A-Z Site Index

Human Rights

Human Rights by Country 
https://www.ohchr.org/en/countries

Anti-discrimination Database 
http://adsdatabase.ohchr.org/
The database provides easy access to measures taken at the international, regional and national levels, including: international and regional instruments, case law from international, regional and national courts, legal measures adopted by States, as well as information on policy and institutional measures to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Human Rights Education and Training Database
https://hre.ohchr.org/hret/intro.aspx
This database, which constitutes a contribution to the World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing), aims to facilitate information-sharing on resources available worldwide for human rights education and training. Information is accessible in three United Nations languages: English, French and Spanish.

Jurisprudence Database
http://juris.ohchr.org
This database provides easy access to jurisprudence emanating from the United Nations Treaty Bodies which receive and consider complaints from individuals: the Human Rights Committee (CCPR), the Committee against Torture (CAT), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
The jurisprudence database is intended to be a single source of the human rights recommendations and findings issued by all above committees in their work on individual cases. It enables the general public, governments, civil society organizations, United Nations partners and international regional mechanisms to research the vast body of legal interpretation of international human rights law as it has evolved over the past years.
It may also provide guidance to persons preparing complaints to be submitted to Committees by providing access to the views and decisions taken by the Committees on specific human rights issues regarding different countries.

Status of Ratification Interactive Dashboard
http://indicators.ohchr.org
View the current status of ratification of international human rights treaties through a comprehensive data visualization and mapping portal.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Translation Project
https://www.ohchr.org/en/human-rights/universal-declaration/universal-declaration-human-rights/about-universal-declaration-human-rights-translation-project
Translated into hundreds of languages and dialects from Abkhaz to Zulu, the UDHR set a world record in 1999 for being the most translated document in the world.
At present, there are more than 562 different translations available in HTML and/or PDF format.

Universal Human Rights Index
http://uhri.ohchr.org
The UHRI allows you to explore over 170.000 observations and recommendations made by the international human rights protection system: Treaty Bodies, Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Special Procedures.

UN Charter Body Database
https://ap.ohchr.org/Documents/gmainec.aspx
Search for documents and information pertaining to UN Charter-based human rights bodies, including the Human Rights Council and its predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights.

UN Treaty Bodies Database
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/
Search for documents and information pertaining to the core international human rights treaties.

Universal Periodic Review
https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/upr/documentation
Access information and documents about states that were part of the periodic review of the human rights. It includes documents submitted by countries themselves, UN agencies and external parties.

Special Procedures Database
http://spinternet.ohchr.org
Search for documents and information pertaining to the mandates and country visits of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.

UN Charter Body Database
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/mainec.aspx
Search for documents and information pertaining to UN Charter-based human rights bodies, including the Human Rights Council and its predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights.

Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database (UN Women)
http://constitutions.unwomen.org
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan.

UNODC Human Trafficking Knowledge Portal
https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/en/st/home.html
The Human Trafficking Knowledge Portal is an initiative to facilitate the dissemination of information regarding the implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and specifically the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.
The Human Trafficking Knowledge Portal hosts a Case Law Database on officially documented instances of trafficking in persons crime.
By creating this portal, UNODC is working to increase the visibility of successful prosecutions and, at the same time, promote awareness of the realities of this devastating crime. Such a portal enables users to read about human trafficking issues, consult court decisions and practices from different countries and broaden their knowledge of human trafficking crimes.

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