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1 Publications list December 2017 Most OHCHR publications are published in all six official languages of the United Nations: Arabic (A), Chinese (C), English (E), French (F), Russian (R), and Spanish (S). Publications marked with a (w) are available for downloading free of charge from the OHCHR website ( ) Publication titles marked with an asterisk (*) are United Nations sales publications and may be purchased from bookstores and distributors throughout the world. For more information about United Nations sales publications, please visit In addition, non-governmental human rights organizations may use the form below to order publications for specific information and training activities from the OHCHR Publications Desk. Such organizations are urged to place their orders well in advance. The publications will, wherever possible, be made available for pick-up at a nearby United Nations office. Where this is not possible, recipients will be charged for shipping. (Please note that quantities are limited and a blacked-out space on the list means that the publication is out of stock.) For more information, please contact: Publications Desk Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais des Nations CH 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland publications@ohchr.org 1
2 Fact Sheets N 2 N 3 N 4 N 6 (Rev.3) N 7 (Rev.2) N 9 (Rev.2) N 10 N 11 N 12 N 13 The International Bill of Human Rights Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights Combating Torture Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Individual Complaint Procedures under the United Nations Human Rights Treaties Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Human Rights System The Rights of the Child Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights N 14 Contemporary Forms of Slavery N 15 N 16 Civil and Political Rights: The Human Rights Committee The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights N 17 The Committee against Torture N 18 N 19 Minority Rights National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights N 20 Human Rights and Refugees C R S A C A R (w) A R A R (w) A R (w) A F R (w) A R (w) A R (w) N 21 N 22 The Right to Adequate Housing (published jointly with UN-HABITAT) Discrimination against Women: The Convention and the Committee F R (w) 2
3 N 23 N 24 N 25 (Rev. 1) Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee Forced Evictions N 26 The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention N 27 N 28 N 29 N 30 N 31 N 32 N 33 N 34 N 35 Seventeen Frequently Asked Questions about United Nations Special Rapporteurs The Impact of Mercenary Activities on the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination Human Rights Defenders: Protecting the Right to Defend Human Rights The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System The Right to Health (published jointly with WHO) Human Rights, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The Right to Adequate Food (published jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)) The Right to Water (published jointly with UN-HABITAT and WHO) N 36 Human Rights and Human Trafficking A R (w) S R F(w) R (w) N 37 Frequently Asked Questions on the Right to Development Professional Training Series (HR/P/PT/ ) Training and education Training Package on Human Rights Treaty Reporting Manual on Human Rights Reporting* (HR/PUB/91/1) Pocket Guide on Basic Human Rights Instruments* Human Rights A Basic Handbook for UN Staff 3
4 N 1 N 2 N 3 N 4 N 5 N 5/ Add.1 N 5/ Add.2 N 5/ Add.3 N 6 Human Rights and Social Work: A Manual for Schools of Social Work and the Social Work Profession* Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical and Human Rights Aspects of Elections* Human Rights and Pre-trial Detention: A Handbook of International Standards relating to Pre-trial Detention* National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities* Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Manual on Human Rights Training for the Police* International Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement: A Pocket Book on Human Rights for the Police* Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Trainer s Guide on Human Rights for the Police* Human Rights Standards and Practice for the Police: Expanded Pocket Book on Human Rights for the Police* Human Rights Training: a Manual on Human Rights Training Methodology* A R (w) S F R (w) S A F R (w) S F R (w) S R (w) S F R S N 7 N 8 N 9 N 9/ Add.1 N 9/ Add.2 N 10 N 11 N 11/ Add.1 Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring* Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment* Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers* Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Facilitator s Guide on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers R (w) F R (w) R (w) Major recent developments ( ) Handbook on National Human Rights Plans of Action Human Rights and Prisons: Manual on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials* Human Rights and Prisons: Compilation of International Human Rights Instruments concerning the Administration of Justice* R (w) R (w) 4
5 N 11/ Add.2 N 11/ Add.3 N 12 N 14 N 15 N 16 N 17 N 18 N 19 Human Rights and Prisons: Trainer s Guide on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials* Human Rights and Prisons: Pocketbook of International Human Rights Standards for Prison Officials* Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions* From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HR/PUB/07/6), (published jointly with the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the IPU) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Advocacy Toolkit Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples Issues (published by the United Nations Development Group) Monitoring the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Guidance for human rights monitors Evaluating Human Rights Training Activities: A Handbook for Human Rights Educators (published jointly with Equitas) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Training Guide* Migration, Human Rights and Governance: Handbook for Parliamentarians (HR/PUB/15/3), (published jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Labour Organization) Human Rights: Handbook for Parliamentarians (HR/PUB/16/4), (published jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union) R (w) R R (w) R (w) N 2 N 3 N 4 N 4/ Add.1 N 5 2. Human Rights Education Series Human Rights Education and Human Rights Treaties (HR/PUB/DECADE/1999/1) The Right to Human Rights Education (HR/PUB/DECADE/1999/2) ABC: Teaching Human Rights Practical activities for primary and secondary schools* (HR/PUB/2004/2) Universal Declaration of Human Rights Poster (containing the text of the Universal Declaration and drawings illustrating each article) Plan of Action for the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (published jointly with UNESCO) 5 F R (w) S R (w) S
6 N 6 N 7 N 8 Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice (HR/PUB/09/3) (published jointly with OSCE, the Council of Europe and UNESCO) Plan of Action for the second phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (published jointly with UNESCO) Human Rights Education in Primary and Secondary School Systems: A Selfassessment Guide for Governments (published jointly with UNESCO) Plan of Action for the third phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (HR/PUB/17/2) (published jointly with UNESCO) R (w) R (w) Special issues Application of Human Rights to Reproductive and Sexual Health Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination E Business and Human Rights: A Progress Report The Family in International and Regional Human Rights Instruments (HR/PUB/1999/1) Legislation against Racial Discrimination: Model National Legislation for the Guidance of Governments (HR/PUB/96/2) International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights 2006: Consolidated Version* (HR/PUB/06/9) Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions* (HR/PUB/07/3) (published jointly with UNAIDS) Human Rights and Disability: The current use and future potential of United Nations human rights instruments in the context of disability* Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (HR/PUB/02/3) Human Rights, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development: Health, Food and Water E A C F R (w) S R (w) Human Rights and the Environment (HR/PUB/02/2) E S Abolishing Slavery and its Contemporary Forms (HR/PUB/02/4) Digest of jurisprudence of the United Nations and regional organizations on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism (HR/PUB/03/1) 6 Human Rights and Poverty Reduction: A Conceptual
7 Framework (HR/PUB/04/1) Human Rights and World Trade Agreements Using general exception clauses to protect human rights* (HR/PUB/05/5) Frequently asked questions on a human rights-based approach to development cooperation* (HR/PUB/06/8) 25 Years Rebuilding lives United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture* Principles and Guidelines for a Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies The Rights of Non-citizens* (HR/PUB/06/11) R (w) Housing Rights Legislation (published jointly with UN-HABITAT, printed copies are available from: Habitat.Publications@unhabitat.org) Indigenous peoples right to adequate housing A global overview (published jointly with UN-HABITAT) Embedding Human Rights into Business Practice (published jointly with the United Nations Global Compact) Embedding Human Rights into Business Practice (vol. II) (published jointly with the United Nations Global Compact) A Guide for Integrating Human Rights into Business Management (published jointly with the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights and the United Nations Global Compact) HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSLATED, A Business Reference Guide (published jointly with The United Nations Global Compact and the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law of Monash University) A Guide for Business: How to Develop a Human Rights Policy (published jointly with the United Nations Global Compact) The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: An Interpretive Guide* (HR/PUB/12/02) Frequently Asked Questions about the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights* (HR/PUB/14/3) Good Governance Practices for the Protection of Human Rights* (HR/PUB/07/4) Dimensions of Racism (published jointly with UNESCO) (HR/PUB/05/4) World Report on Violence Against Children Assessing the Effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with the International Council on Human Rights Policy) E - 7
8 Preventing Torture: An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with the Asia Pacific Forum and the Association for the Prevention of Torture) Handbook on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the Pinheiro Principles (published jointly with OCHA, UNHABITAT, HCR, FAO, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)) Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: a human rights approach* (HR/PUB/08/3) Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals in Practice: A review of country strategies and reporting (HR/PUB/10/1) Human Rights, Health and Poverty Reduction Strategies (published jointly with WHO) (HR/PUB/08/5) Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Commentary* (HR/PUB/10/2) Minority Rights: International Standards and Guidance for Implementation (HR/PUB/10/3) Promoting and Protecting Minority Rights: A Guide for Advocates* (HR/PUB/12/7) The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with the Asia Pacific Forum) (HR/PUB/13/2) Human Rights and Gender Equality in Health Sector Strategies: How to Assess Policy Coherence (published jointly with the World Health Organization and Sida) International Legal Protection of Human Rights in Armed Conflict* (HR/PUB/11/01) Born Free and Equal: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Human Rights Law (HR/PUB/12/06) Living Free and Equal: What States Are Doing to Tackle Violence and Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People (HR/PUB/16/3) Women and the Right to Adequate Housing* (HR/PUB/11/02) Realizing Women s Rights to Land and Other Productive Resources (HR/PUB/13/04) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights: A Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions (published jointly with UNFPA and the Danish Institute for Human Rights) (HR/PUB/14/06) Women s Rights Are Human Rights* (HR/PUB/14/2) R (w) R (w) 8
9 Human Rights Indicators: A Guide for Measurement and Implementation* (HR/PUB/12/05) Conscientious Objection to Military Service* (HR/PUB/12/01) Who will be Accountable? Human Rights and the Post Development Agenda (HR/PUB/13/01) Realizing the Right to Development: Essays in Commemoration of 25 Years of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development* (HR/PUB/12/04) Developing National Action Plans Against Racial Discrimination: A Practical Guide* (HR/PUB/13/03) Transitional Justice and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights* (HR/PUB/13/05) The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Migrants in an Irregular Situation* (HR/PUB/14/1) Behind Closed Doors: Protecting and Promoting the Human Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers in an Irregular Situation (HR/PUB/15/4) Commissions of Inquiry and Fact-finding Missions on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Guidance and Practice (HR/PUB/14/07) Handbook for Human Rights Treaty Body Members (HR/PUB/15/2) National Mechanisms for Reporting and Follow-up: A Practical Guide to Effective State Engagement with International Human Rights Mechanisms (HR/PUB/16/1) National Mechanisms for Reporting and Follow-up: A Study of State Engagement with International Human Rights Mechanisms (HR/PUB/16/1/Add.1) Land and Human Rights: Annotated Compilation of Case Law (HR/PUB/15/5) Land and Human Rights: Standards and Applications (HR/PUB/15/5/Add.1) Human Rights and Traditional Justice Systems in Africa* (HR/PUB/16/2) Realizing Human Rights through Government Budgets (published jointly with the International Budget Partnership) (HR/PUB/17/3) Resource book on the use of force and firearms in law enforcement (published jointly with UNODC) (HR/PUB/17/6) R (w) R (w) R (w) R (w) Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict States Truth commissions* (HR/PUB/06/1) R (w) Mapping the justice sector* (HR/PUB/06/2) R (w) 9
10 Monitoring legal systems* (HR/PUB/06/3) R (w) Prosecution initiatives* (HR/PUB/06/4) R (w) Vetting: an operational framework* (HR/PUB/06/5) R (w) Reparations programmes* (HR/PUB/08/1) Maximizing the legacy of hybrid courts* (HR/PUB/08/2) Amnesties* (HR/PUB/09/1) National Consultations on Transitional Justice* (HR/PUB/09/2) Archives* (HR/PUB/14/4) R (w) Reference United Nations Action in the Field of Human Rights* (ST/HR/2/Rev.4) Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments - Universal Instruments* (vol. I, parts I and II) (ST/HR/1/Rev.6) The Core International Human Rights Treaties* (ST/HR/3/Rev.1) Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments - Regional Instruments* (vol. II) (ST/HR/1/Rev.5) Compilation of documents or texts adopted and used by various intergovernmental, international, regional and subregional organizations aimed at promoting and consolidating democracy under the Optional Protocol* (vol. I + II) (CCPR/C/OP/1&2) under the Optional Protocol* (vol. III) (CCPR/C/OP/3) under the Optional Protocol* (vol. IV) (CCPR/C/OP/4) E E S R (w) R (w) R S 10
11 under the Optional Protocol* (vol. V) (CCPR/C/OP/5) under the Optional Protocol* (vol. VI) (CCPR/C/OP/6) under the Optional Protocol* (vol. VII) (CCPR/C/OP/7) under the Optional Protocol* (vol. VIII) (CCPR/C/OP/8) under the Optional Protocol* (vol. IX) (CCPR/C/OP/9) Selected Decisions of the Committee against Torture* (vol. I) (HR/CAT/PUB/1) Selected Decisions of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination* (vol. I) (HR/CERD/PUB/1) Durban Declaration and Programme of Action The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (HR/PUB/90/1) Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child* (HR/PUB/07/1) United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (HR/PUB/08/4) Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities Declaration on the Right to Development Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework* (HR/PUB/11/4) Principles for Responsible Contracts: Integrating the Management of Human Rights Risks into State-investor Contract Negotiations - Guidance for Negotiators* (HR/PUB/15/1) The Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016): The Revised United Nations Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (HR/PUB/17/4) R (w) R R (w) R (w) R (w) E F Human rights basics Universal Declaration of Human Rights (leaflet) 11
12 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (brochure) Human Rights in Action Promoting and Protecting Rights around the World Universal Declaration of Human Rights Poster (containing the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) The Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Protecting Your Rights Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society (HR/PUB/06/10/Rev.1) A Practical Guide for NGO Participants to the United Nations Human Rights Council A C E F R S R (w) A Practical Guide for Civil Society to the Universal Periodic Review R (w) A Practical Guide for Civil Society to The Social Forum of the Human Rights Council A Practical Guide for Civil Society to Human Rights Funds, Grants and Fellowships A Practical Guide for Civil Society to How to follow up on UN Human Rights Recommendations A Practical Guide for Civil Society to Civil Society Space and the United Nations Human Rights System HIV/AIDS: Stand Up for Human Rights (cartoon booklet, published jointly with UNAIDS and WHO) ACT Project: Assisting Communities Together R (w) R (w) R (w) R (w) Informational leaflets on the United Nations Voluntary Trust Funds: Indigenous Populations Victims of Torture Contemporary Forms of Slavery United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery: The Human faces of Modern Slavery Please note that by placing this order you undertake to pick up the publications or to arrange their transfer from the airport or warehouse to their final destination, and to handle any courier and customs clearance issues that may arise. OHCHR-Geneva cannot take responsibility for this. Name: Institution: Postal address: Telephone: Fax No: 12
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