UN Documents for Human Rights

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
28 April 2015 S/RES/2217 This was a resolution renewing MINUSCA’s mandate at current authorised troop levels until 30 April 2016 and mandated MINUSCA to support, as part of its human rights mandate, the implementation of the relevant recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry.
Selected Secretary-General's Reports View All
21 August 2023 A/HRC/54/61 This was the annual report of the Secretary-General on "Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights".
17 October 2006 S/2006/822 This letter transmitted the report of the Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
30 July 2020 S/2020/768 This letter transmitted the details of an informal meeting members of the Security Council had with the President of the Human Rights Council, Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger.
9 July 2020 S/2020/674 This was an open debate via VITC under the agenda item UN peace operations on the topic “peacekeeping operations and human rights”.
1 July 2020 S/2020/631 In an attachment to a 1 July note verbale, Belgium, Estonia, France, and Germany circulated a letter from the Chair of the Coordination Committee of the Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
19 March 2018 S/PV.8209 This was a meeting at which the Council failed to garner nine votes to hold a briefing by High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.
18 April 2017 S/PV.7926 This was a meeting under the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security” focusing on “human rights and prevention of armed conflict”. It was the first time the Council discussed human rights thematically.
31 March 2016 S/PV.7663 This was a meeting on the situation in South Sudan that included a briefing by Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore.
Selected General Assembly Documents View All
21 September 2023 A/78/131 This was a report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. The report focused on the situation of women human rights defenders working in conflict, post-conflict and crisis-affected settings.
16 June 2014 A/68/PV.98 This is the meeting record during which the General Assembly approved the proposal of the Secretary-General to appoint Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan) as the High Commissioner for Human Rights
6 June 2014 A/68/904 This was a note of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly in which he proposes to appoint Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan) as the High Commissioner for Human Rights, for a term of office of four years, beginning on 1 September 2014 and expiring on 31 August 2018.
Selected Human Rights Council Documents View All
19 December 2014 S/2014/928 This was the final report of the CAR Commission of Inquiry.
14 April 2014 S/2014/276 This was a letter to the Council from Australia, France and the US transmitting the report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the DPRK.
17 October 2006 S/2006/822 This letter transmitted the report of the Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste.
Selected Other Documents View All
20 March 2023 Arria-formula Meeting Concept Note: LGBTI This was an Arria-formula meeting convened by the US on 20 March 2023, titled: “Integrating the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Persons into the Council’s Mandate for Maintaining International Peace and Security”.
17 March 2023 Arria-formula Meeting Concept Note: DPRK This was an Arria-formula meeting convened by Albania and the US on 17 March 2023, titled: “The situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)”.