Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights information
UN Secretariat department that promotes human rights under international law
For similarly named entities, see United Nations human rights organization (disambiguation).
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Abbreviation
OHCHR HCDH
Formation
20 December 1993[1]
Type
Agency
Legal status
Active
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland New York City, United States
Head
Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights[2]
Website
ohchr.org
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights[a] (OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 1993[3] in the wake of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights.
The office is headed by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who co-ordinates human rights activities throughout the United Nations System and acts as the secretariat of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The eighth and current High Commissioner is Volker Türk of Austria, who succeeded Michelle Bachelet of Chile on 8 September 2022.[2]
In 2018–2019, the department had a budget of US$201.6 million (3.7 per cent of the United Nations regular budget),[4] and approximately 1,300 employees based in Geneva and New York City.[5] It is an ex officio member of the Committee of the United Nations Development Group.[6]
^"High Commissioner for Human Rights - UN Documentation: Human Rights". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ ab"OHCHR | High Commissioner". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^"Brief history". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^"OHCHR | Funding and Budget". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^"OHCHR | Who we are". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^"UNDG Members". Undg.org. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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