All Commitments made by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is the leading UN entity on human rights. The General Assembly entrusted both the High Commissioner and her Office with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. The United Nations human rights programme aims to ensure that the protection and enjoyment of human rights is a reality in the lives of all people. UN Human Rights also plays a crucial role in safeguarding the integrity of the three interconnected pillars of the United Nations – peace and security, human rights and development.

UN Human Rights provides assistance in the form of technical expertise and capacity-development in order to support the implementation of international human rights standards on the ground. It assists governments, which bear the primary responsibility for the protection of human rights, to fulfil their obligations and supports individuals to claim their rights. Moreover, it speaks out objectively on human rights violations. 

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Eliminate Stigma and Discrimination
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Policy, legislation and its implementation

  • Support governments and civil society, particularly organizations of persons with disabilities, to align or adopt legislation according to CRPD standards in at least 40 countries and monitor its implementation and impact on rights of the affected population.
    Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2021
  • Support the United Nations Secretary General and the Chief Executives Board for Coordination to develop a UN system-wide policy, action plan and monitoring framework on persons with disabilities.
    Timeframe and/or implementation plan: by  April 2019
  • Improve OHCHR policies and practices to increase capacity of its staff on the human rights-based approach to disability, in all duty stations and the number of persons with disabilities working in OHCHR in any capacity.
    Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2021
  • Perform monitoring of and reporting on the rights of persons with disabilities in a representative number of countries from different regions.
    Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2021
  • Enhance the protection of human rights defenders working on the rights of persons with disabilities at national level, through supporting the development/adoption of policies to protect human rights defenders and the use of international/regional mechanisms. 
    Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2021     
Theme: Eliminate Stigma and Discrimination
Year: 2018
Economic Empowerment
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Amending legal frameworks
Support governments and civil society to amend their legislation regarding employment and/or social protection in at least 7 countries in line with the CRPD and monitor its implementation and impact on rights of the affected population.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2021     

Theme: Routes to Economic Empowerment
Year: 2018
Data Disaggregation
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Commit to use the Washington Group questions
Advocate for the use of the Washington Group Short set of questions for the purposes of national censuses coming in the 2020 round and for disaggregating data by disability, particularly under the Sustainable Development Goals.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2030

Theme: Data Disaggregation
Year: 2018
Women and Girls with Disabilities
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Mainstream the rights of women and girls with disabilities in OHCHR’s work, particularly on issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2021

Theme: Women and Girls with Disabilities
Year: 2018
People with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts
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Support the development of the IASC guidelines on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action and their implementation in field activities in order to promote mainstreaming of the human rights-based approach to disability and data collection in humanitarian action.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan: 2018-2021

Theme: Conflict and Humanitarian Contexts
Year: 2018