HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDANCE AND TOOLS
HUMAN RIGHTS ENGAGEMENT WEBINARS
UPR-Info webinar for the GPC “An Introduction to the UPR” (April 2021):
- English: (Webinar recording) / (PowerPoint)
- French: (Webinar recording) / (PowerPoint)
- Spanish: (Webinar recording) / (PowerPoint)
GPC-HRTT Strategic Engagement with the Human Rights Council (English – March 2021)
GPC-HRTT Human Rights Engagement Webinar (English – March 2020) / (PowerPoint)
GPC-HRTT Human Rights Engagement Webinar (French – January 2021) / (PowerPoint)
Global Protection Forum – Human Rights Engagement and How We can Practically Use it (September 2020)
GPC-HRTT Individual Complaint Procedures of the Special Procedures Webinar (December 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS AND COVID-19
> UNHCR, Quick guide – Human rights mechanisms in the context of COVID-19 (as of 1 May 2020)
> UNHCR, Human rights press statements in the context of COVID-19 (as of 1 May 2020)
> OHCHR, COVID-19 guidance documents (as of 6 June 2020)
Additional resources available on OHCHR’s page: COVID-19 and its human rights dimensions.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE AND TOOLS
Documents
- UN Secretary General – The Highest Aspiration: A Call to Action for Human Rights, 2020
- UN “Rights Up Front”: Summary UN General Assembly, 17 December 2013
- Protection of Human Rights in Humanitarian Crises: a Joint Background Paper by OHCHR and UNHCR, 8 May 2013
- OHCHR: International Legal Protection of Human Rights in Armed Conflict 2011
- Fieldview Solutions: Influence on the Ground (L. Mahony and R. Nash) 2012
Useful links
International human rights law continues to apply to all situations of humanitarian emergencies, whether conflict or natural disasters. International human rights instruments, notwithstanding strictly defined and time bound derogations, apply throughout the continuum of humanitarian emergency planning, preparedness, response and recovery. For the list of international human rights instruments applicable to humanitarian action please click here.
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION GUIDANCE FROM INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE