The Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016) is an updated version of the original UN Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary...

The United Nations Principles for Responsible Contracts provide a concrete tool to address some of the human rights concerns relating to State–investor contracts. They were developed with a view to...

This revised edition of The Core International Human Rights Treaties reproduces the most recent international human rights treaties in a userfriendly, pocket-sized format. In addition to the treaties...

The Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights are the first global policy guidelines focused specifically on the human rights of people living in poverty. They are intended for use by...

The worldwide eradication of the practice of torture was one of the major challenges of the United Nations only a few years after it was created. To ensure adequate protection for all persons against...

This first volume of Selected Decisions of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination presents a selection of 32 of the Committee’s most significant decisions on individual cases...

This publication contains the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework . The Guiding Principles on Business and Human...

This publication is an illustrative and user-friendly pocketbook version of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development.

The Recommended Principles and Guidelines aim to provide practical, rightsbased policy guidance on the prevention of trafficking and the protection of victims of trafficking. The Commentary on the...

The Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities sets essential standards to ensure the rights of persons belonging to minorities and as...