UN System Documentation

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

• Established by A/RES/48/141 of 20 Dec. 1993
• Annual report
  • Supplement 36 to the General Assembly Official Records (GAOR)
  • Document symbol pattern: A/session/36
    • example A/72/36
  • Search results for the Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Reference materials
  • Core International Human Rights Treaties
• Databases
• OHCHR Library
  • Human Rights Research Guides
• High Commissioners
  • 2022- : Volker Türk (Austria)
    • A/76/939; General Assembly decision 76/423 of 8 September 2022
  • 2018-2022 : Michelle Bachelet (Chile)
    • A/72/945; General Assembly decision 72/422 in A/72/PV.111 of 10 August 2018
  • 2014-2018: Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan)
    • A/68/904, General Assembly decision 68/420 of 16 June 2014
  • 2008-2014: Navanethem Pillay (South Africa)
    • A/62/913, General Assembly decision 62/420 of 28 July 2008
    • Press release SG/A/1145-BIO/3996-HR/4959 [2008]
    • A/66/802, General Assembly decision 66/423 renewal as of 1 Sept. 2012
  • 2004-2008: Louise Arbour (Canada)
    • A/58/718 + Add.1, General Assembly decision 58/417 of 25 Feb. 2004 
    • Press release SG/A/866-BIO/3558 [2004]
  • 2003-2004: Bertrand Ramcharan (Acting High Commissioner) (Guyana)
  • 2002-2003: Sergio Vieira de Mello (Brazil) [died in office on 19 August 2003]
    • A/56/109, General Assembly decision 56/323 of 23 July 2002
    • Press release SG/A/808-BIO/3429-HR/4613 [2002]
  • 1997-2002: Mary Robinson (Ireland)
    • A/51/924, A/51/924/Add.1, General Assembly decision 51/322 of 17 June 1997
    • Press release SG/A/638-BIO/3076 [1997]
    • A/55/110, General Assembly decision 55/322 of 31 May 2001
    • Press release SG/SM/7762-HR/4526 [2001]
  • 1994-1997: José Ayala-Lasso (Ecuador)
    • A/48/859, General Assembly decision 48/321 of 14 Feb. 1994
    • Press release SG/A/567 [1994]
    • Press release BIO/2840-HR/3937 [1994]
    • Press release SG/SM/6173-HR/4322 [1997]