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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR-UNOG) www.unhchr.ch
The website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights includes many educational materials and legal documents, including the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, specific conventions on the rights of women, children and immigrants, and other international legal instruments intended to protect human rights. The documents are grouped by subject. The site also features information and links to United Nations units engaged in various aspects of human rights. The site has a subject index and a country index to the huge number of issues covered, and an extensive human rights education database, grouped by subject. There are also multilingual human rights guidebooks.
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Downloadable educational materials: 1) Documents: www.unhchr.ch/data.htm
2) Country and regional reports: www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/5/field.htm
3) Subject index of human rights issues: www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/hrissues.htm
4) Treaties: www.unhchr.ch/html/intlinst.htm
5) Press releases: www.ohchr.org/news/
6) Training and educational materials: www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/training.htm
7) Publications: www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/index.htm
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