26 February 2009

UN Human Rights Publications: Human Trafficking, IDPs

Reports from the 10th Session of the Human Rights Council can be accessed via this listing. Several titles of interest include:

Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the latest developments in the United Nations relating to combating trafficking in persons as well as on the activities of the Office on this issue, A/HRC/10/64 (Human Rights Council, Feb. 2009) [text]

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin, A/HRC/10/13 (Human Rights Council, Feb. 2009) [text]

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin. Addendum: High-level conference on “Ten years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement - achievements and future challenges” (Oslo, 16 and 17 October 2008): summary of the Conference Chair, A/HRC/10/13/Add.3 (Human Rights Council, Feb. 2009) [text]

(Refworld maintains a page in its site that makes it easier to access many of these documents; visit UN Human Rights System.)

In addition, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights just published this handbook:

Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society (OHCHR, 2008; posted Feb. 2009) [access]

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