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United States of America

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Overview

United States of America is covered is covered by OHCHR Headquarters.

News & Statements

Latest news

27 Dec 2023

Special Procedures

United States: Proposed Title IX changes will impact rights of women and girls in sports and education says UN expert

14 Nov 2023

Special Procedures

America at critical juncture in fight against enduring systemic racism, says UN expert

03 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Iran, Kuwait, Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America and Venezuela

03 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Iran, Kuwait, Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and Venezuela

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Latest statements & messages

21 Feb 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

BOTH - Human rights must be at the core of generative AI technologies, says Türk

07 Mar 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries

03 Aug 2022

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Crisis and fragility of democracy in the world

01 Jul 2022

Treaty bodies

Access to safe and legal abortion: Urgent call for United States to adhere to women’s rights convention, UN committee

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Featured Stories

29 August 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“This is about our human rights:” U.S. youths win landmark climate case

In a victory for climate action, a U.S. judge ruled in favour of 16 young people who argued that the state of Montana violated their constitutional right to “a clean and healthful environment.” The decision is part of an expanding global effort to hold governments accountable for climate harm through judicial process.
Still of Bianca Jones as she stands alongside youth organizers in Douglass Park addressing a crowd who has come to show support for the park renaming at their Campaign Relaunch Rally on July 18, 2020. © Kaleb Autman
22 May 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Know the past to change the present

Taking concrete action against racism and colonialism can be as simple as changing a name. United States elementary school teacher Bianca Jones and her students did just that, when they embarked on a quest to change the name of a park in a predominantly Black neighbourhood in Chicago – from that of a slave owner to that of abolitionists -- succeeded.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/49/46/Add.1: Visit to the United States of America

A/HRC/38/33/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to the United States of America -Note by the Secretariat

A/HRC/36/46/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on her mission to the United States of America - Note by the Secretariat

A/HRC/35/37/Add.2: Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children on her mission to the United States of America - Note by the Secretariat

A/HRC/36/37/Add.2: Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its visit to the United States of America - Note by the Secretariat

A/HRC/35/28/Add.2: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on his follow-up mission to the United States of America - Note by the Secretariat

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CERD/C/USA/CO/10-12: Concluding observations on the combined tenth to twelfth reports of the United States of America

CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/3-4: Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth reports submitted by the United States of America under article 12 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/3-4: Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth reports submitted by the United States of America under article 8 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

CAT/C/USA/CO/3-5: Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of the United States of America

CERD/C/USA/CO/7-9: Concluding observations on the combined seventh to ninth periodic reports of the United States of America

CCPR/C/USA/CO/4: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the United States of America

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

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