Human Rights Monitoring, Fact-Finding, and Investigation

Author

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Publisher

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Place of Publication

Geneva, Switzerland

Year of Publication

2011

Language

English

This is a short lesson on the basic elements of human rights monitoring and fact-finding. It consists of four parts: i) The objectives; ii) What monitoring human rights practices of governments involves; iii) Guiding principles for human rights fact-finders; iv) A few modern-day considerations to fact-finding.
Training of Professional Groups
TP: Human rights monitors
Human rights-based approach

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