I am pleased to present this report, the first covering an entire year of my term as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
As you will find in these pages, 2019 was a year marked by important developments worldwide, supported by our headquarters and 84 field presences across the world. This Report highlights how human rights-based action achieves tangible results, though the gap between increasing demands and available funding keeps growing.
Even as we recognize, with pride, the value and impact of the work we have accomplished through our partnerships, I am cognizant of the need for strengthened efforts. Today’s multiple predicaments are sobering on many fronts – I look forward to distilling lessons learned, building on good practice and, together, leveraging a united voice for human rights for all.
UNITED NATIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019
The UN Human Rights report 2019 presents the progress achieved in 2019 against the targets set out in the OHCHR Management Plan 2018-2021 and includes an overview of management, funding and expenditure as well as detailed results from the field and headquarters.
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Michelle Bachelet
High Commissioner for Human Rights
High Commissioner for Human Rights
foreword
“…the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge our societies and ourselves, presenting a colossal test of leadership and humanity. In these unsettling times, the importance of human rights has become even more evident. This is essential for an effective response and recovery - but also to ensure that we “build back better”, as enshrined in the COVID-19 and human rights report “We are all in this together”, released by the Secretary-General.”
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Minding military manners: Human rights education for uniformed services in Guinea-Bissau
Improving the lives of Tunisia’s rural women
Ensuring accountability for past human rights violations in El Salvador
Humanizing the prison world: A diplomatic victory in Madagascar
Reporting back to Myanmar’s Rohingya: The most important report of all
Empowering survivors of torture in Ukraine
UN HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
Country / Stand-alone Offices / Human Rights Missions
Headquarters
Regional Offices / Centres
Human rights
components of UN Peace / Political Missions
components of UN Peace / Political Missions
Human Rights Advisers deployed under the framework of the UNSDG
Other types of field presences
MexicoGuatemalaHondurasEl SalvadorBelizeJamaicaVenezuelaHaiti (BINUH)South America
(Santiago de Chile)Central America
(Panama City)ColumbiaBoliviaArgentinaUruguayBrazilParaguayPeruEcuadorBarbadosTrinidad and TobagoGuyanaMontenegroSerbiaEurope (Brussels)GenevaBelarusUkraineRepublic of MoldovaSouth-East
Asia
(Bangkok)
Myanmar
(based in
Bangkok)Myanmar (based in Cox's Bazar)BangladeshNepalSri LankaMaldivesMalaysiaCambodiaPacific (Suva)Timor-LestePapua New GuineaPhilippinesOHCHR Field Structure
(Seoul, Republic of Korea)MongoliaAfghanistan (UNAMA)Central Asia
(Bishkek)Kosovo
(UNMIK)Russian FederationRepublic of North MacedoniaSouth Caucasus
(Tbilisi)Republic of
North MacedoniaMiddle East and
North Africa (Beirut)JordanSaudi ArabiaYemenUN Human
Rights Training and
Documentation Centre
for South-West Asia
and the Arab Region
(Doha)Iraq (UNAMI)Lybia (UNSMIL)Burundi
(closed in 2019)RwandaUgandaSouth Sudan
(UNMISS)MozambiqueSouthern
Africa
(Pretoria)ZimbabweMalawiMadagascarKenyaSomalia (UNSOM)East Africa (Addis Ababa)UN Sub-Regional
Center for Human
Rights and
Democracy in
Central Asia
(Youndé)Central
Africa
Republic
(MINUSCA)Democratic
Republic
of the Congo
(MONUSCO)NigeriaLiberiaGuineaBurkina Faso
G5 SahelNiger
G5 SahelMali
(MINUSMA)
G5 SahelGuinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)West Africa (Dakar)Sudan
Sudan (UNAMID)
Chad
G5 Sahel
Mauritania
G5 Sahel
TunisiaSyria - based in BeirutState of
Palestine
(Gaza and
Ramallah)New York
(Santiago de Chile)Central America
(Panama City)ColumbiaBoliviaArgentinaUruguayBrazilParaguayPeruEcuadorBarbadosTrinidad and TobagoGuyanaMontenegroSerbiaEurope (Brussels)GenevaBelarusUkraineRepublic of MoldovaSouth-East
Asia
(Bangkok)
Myanmar
(based in
Bangkok)Myanmar (based in Cox's Bazar)BangladeshNepalSri LankaMaldivesMalaysiaCambodiaPacific (Suva)Timor-LestePapua New GuineaPhilippinesOHCHR Field Structure
(Seoul, Republic of Korea)MongoliaAfghanistan (UNAMA)Central Asia
(Bishkek)Kosovo
(UNMIK)Russian FederationRepublic of North MacedoniaSouth Caucasus
(Tbilisi)Republic of
North MacedoniaMiddle East and
North Africa (Beirut)JordanSaudi ArabiaYemenUN Human
Rights Training and
Documentation Centre
for South-West Asia
and the Arab Region
(Doha)Iraq (UNAMI)Lybia (UNSMIL)Burundi
(closed in 2019)RwandaUgandaSouth Sudan
(UNMISS)MozambiqueSouthern
Africa
(Pretoria)ZimbabweMalawiMadagascarKenyaSomalia (UNSOM)East Africa (Addis Ababa)UN Sub-Regional
Center for Human
Rights and
Democracy in
Central Asia
(Youndé)Central
Africa
Republic
(MINUSCA)Democratic
Republic
of the Congo
(MONUSCO)NigeriaLiberiaGuineaBurkina Faso
G5 SahelNiger
G5 SahelMali
(MINUSMA)
G5 SahelGuinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)West Africa (Dakar)Sudan
Sudan (UNAMID)
Chad
G5 Sahel
Mauritania
G5 Sahel
TunisiaSyria - based in BeirutState of
Palestine
(Gaza and
Ramallah)New York