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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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
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A/72/36
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High Commissioners
2018- :
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)
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]
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