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UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous.

Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider.


UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous. Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider. Ms. Sima Sami Bahous became UN Women’s third Executive Director on 30 September 2021. A champion for women and girls, gender equality, and youth empowerment, as well as a keen advocate for quality education, poverty alleviation, and inclusive governance, Ms. Bahous brings to the position more than 35 years of leadership experience at the grassroots, national, regional, and international levels, coupled with expertise in advancing women’s empowerment and rights, addressing discrimination and violence, and promoting sustainable socio-economic development towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.


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Previously, he held positions as UNICEF Representative to Algeria, Senior Adviser Child Protection in New York Headquarters, Deputy Representative to Afghanistan, Somalia and Albania, and Head of Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Before joining UNICEF, Mr. Fontaine worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


Mr. Fontaine is a national of France. He holds a DEA (post-graduate diploma) in International Public Law and International Organizations from the University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne).

 

Volker TürkUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights


Mr. Türk holds a doctorate in international law from the University of Vienna and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Linz, Austria. He has published widely on international refugee law and international human rights law. He is fluent in English and French and has a working knowledge of Spanish.


Over the course of his career, he held a number of key positions including at UNHCR headquarters where he served as Director of the Division of International Protection (2009-2015); Director of Organizational Development and Management (2008-2009); and Chief of Section, Protection Policy and Legal Advice (2000-2004).

 

"This practice constitutes one of the most inhumane and degrading forms of violence against women, and should have no place in the legal framework of a democratic country," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told Parliament.


Maldives is a Muslim country of 300,000 people where practicing other religions is forbidden. According to the nation's laws, 30 lashes are given to women found to have committed adultery.


Court officials would not give numbers on how many women are flogged, but the punishment is usually done in public.

 

How to receive hard copies

Publications and Information Desk Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations 8-14 avenue de la Paix CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland Phone: + 41 (0)22 928 92 24 Fax: + 41 (0)22 928 90 10 E-mail: publications@ohchr.org


The Handbook’s contents

The Handbook includes information on:

  • OHCHR’s mandate, role and activities

  • OHCHR’s fellowship and training programmes

  • OHCHR’s publications and resource materials

  • The Human Rights Treaty Bodies

  • The Human Rights Council

  • The Special Procedures

  • The Universal Periodic Review

  • How to submit complaints on alleged human rights violations; and

  • Funds and grants available to civil society.

The Handbook also includes best practice examples of civil society collaboration with OHCHR in the field and civil society contributions to the work of United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms. Further, it lists key contacts at OHCHR.


Feedback

As a dynamic tool, the on-line version of this Handbook will be regularly updated. The OHCHR Civil Society Section therefore welcomes reader feedback. Please send your comments and suggestions to:

Civil Society Section Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland E-mail: civilsociety@ohchr.org

 

To be accredited, NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC should fax a letter,

preferably ahead of a given session, requesting accreditation to:

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 11.

 

Petitions Team

Office of the United Nations

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 22

(particularly for urgent complaints)


Secretariat contact details

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

c/o Office of the United Nations

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 29


Individual complaints

Individual complaints under article 22 of the

Convention may be sent to:

Petitions Team

Office of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 22 (particularly for

urgent complaints)


The NGO Group may be contacted at:

NGO Group for the Convention on the

Rights of the Child

Secretariat

1, rue de Varembé

CH-1202 Geneva - Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 740 4730

Fax : +41 (0)22 740 1145


Secretariat contact details

Committee on the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities

c/o Office of the United Nations

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 29


The Civil Society Unit

OHCHR Civil Society Unit

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 917 90 00


For requests or information relating to consultative status with ECOSOC

United Nations headquarters

NGO Section

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Section

One UN Plaza, Room DC-1-1480

New York, NY 10017

Phone: +1 212 963 8652

Fax: +1 212 963 9248


E-mail: desangosection@un.org

United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)

NGO Liaison Office

Office of the Director-General

Office 153, Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH-1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 917 21 27

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 05 83


Human Rights Council’s complaint procedure

Human Rights Council Branch (complaint procedure)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 11

E-mail: CP@ohchr.org


Contacting special procedures mandate-holders

E-mail: SPDInfo@ohchr.org (for general inquiries and information)

urgent-action@ohchr.org (for individual cases/complaints only)

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 06

Post: Quick Response Desk

 

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland


Civil society actors, individually or collectively, may access and work with the special procedures. Unlike the United Nations treaty bodies, special procedures can be activated even where a State has not ratified the relevant instrument or treaty, and it is not necessary to have exhausted domestic remedies to access the special procedures.

Special procedures can therefore be used for any country or human rights issue, within the parameters of existing mandates.


What information should individual complaints under treaty

bodies include?


Basic personal information on the person whose human rights have allegedly been

violated (name, nationality, date of birth);

Name of the State party against which the complaint is directed;

If the complaint is made on behalf of another individual, proof of that person’s

consent or authorization (“power of attorney”, in hard copy) or, alternatively, a

justification of why such consent or authorization is unavailable or cannot be

provided;

A thorough account of the facts on which the complaint is based, clearly presented

in chronological order;

Details of the steps taken to exhaust all available judicial remedies in the local

courts, as well as any effective administrative remedies which might be available

in the State concerned;

Details of other submissions of the case or the facts involved to another means of

international investigation or settlement, if any;

Account of arguments as to why the facts in the case amount to a violation of

the human rights contained in the treaty whose provisions are invoked. It is useful for

the relevant articles of the treaty to be identified;

All documents relevant to the claims and arguments (court decisions, etc.);

Copies of relevant national laws, where available;

As a general rule, communications containing abusive language are not considered.


Standard questionnaires are available for reporting alleged violations

under the following mandates:


Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the

However, communications from individuals and other sources will be considered

even when they are not submitted in the form of a questionnaire.

 

OHCHR-administered funds

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights


Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 917 93 15

Fax: +41 (0)22 917 90 17


Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations

Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 928 91 64 or +41 (0)22 928 91 42

Fax: +41 (0)22 928 90 66


United Nations Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

United Nations Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 928 93 81 or +41 (0)22 928 91 64

Fax: +41 (0)22 928 90 66


‘Assisting Communities Together’ (ACT) Project

ACT Project

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Fax: +41 (0)22 928 90 61



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Funds administered by other United Nations offices in which OHCHR has

a designated role

United Nations Democracy Fund

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)

United Nations

One UN Plaza, Room DC1-1330

New York, NY 10017

United States of America

Phone: +1 917 367 42 10 or +1 917 367 80 62

Fax: +1 212 963 14 86


United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability

Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Department for Economic and Social Affairs

United Nations

Two UN Plaza, DC2-1372

New York, NY 10017

United States of America

Fax: +1 212 963 01 11

E-mail: enable@un.org


United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 928 93 81 or +41 (0)22 928 91 64

Fax: +41 (0)22 928 90 66


Applicants should submit a fully completed application form available on the

OHCHR website.


ACT Project

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des Nations

8–14, avenue de la Paix

CH–1211 Geneva 10 - Switzerland

Fax: +41 (0)22 928 90 61


For more information on the ACT Project consult the ACT Project, Assisting

Communities Together brochure for Phases I and II of the Project

on OHCHR’s website.


How to contact UNDEF

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)

United Nations

1 UN Plaza, Room DC1-1330

New York, NY 10017

United States of America

Phone: +1 917 367 42 10 or +1 917 367 80 62

Fax: +1 212 963 14 86


For more information, please visit the UNDEF website.


Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Department for Economic and Social Affairs

United Nations

Two UN Plaza, DC2-1372

New York, NY 10017

United States of America

Fax: +1 212 963 01 11

E-mail: enable@un.org

 

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