Research Guides: UN System Documentation: OHCHR

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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]