Rule of Law, Human Rights, Justice and Security

Rule of Law, Human Rights, Justice and Security for Sustainable Peace and Developmen

RULE OF LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY

Our work in Geneva and beyond

The Rule of Law, Human Rights and Security (ROLSHR) team based in Geneva is a satellite unit for UNDP’s Global Programme for Strengthening the Rule of Law, Human Rights, Justice, and Security for Sustainable Peace and Development. In addition, the Global Advisor on Business and Human Rights is stationed in Geneva leading the Business and Human Rights Portfolio in 28 countries across 5 continents. The team in Geneva act as representative focal points with Human Rights Institutions and organizations based in Geneva, such as GAHNRI, National Human Rights Institutions, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The team also has a role to shape relevancy and integration across UNDP bureaus and Country Offices under the umbrella of the global ROLSHR programme for the international Geneva Community and human rights, security and rule of law actors.

UNDP Geneva’s work in human rights includes participation in the Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review, Member State consultations, and high-level engagements where expertise, knowledge and advocacy are pushed to embed human rights principles and to ensure no one is left behind.

The ROLSHR programme findings and cases studies are synthesized in UNDP’s global commitment to strengthen public institutions, duty-bearers to fulfil human right obligations, access to justice, legislation, transitional justice and security reform to build towards sustainable peace.

Find out below some of our work in Geneva

The Universal Periodic Review as a problem-solving tool: Closing the technical cooperation gap
2023 Annual GANHRI consultations with the Administrator’s keynote speech
UNDP Geneva summaries at the 55 Human Rights Council, 26 February - 5 April 2024
UNDP Geneva summaries at the 54 Human Rights Council, 11 September - 13 October 2023
UNDP Geneva summaries at the 53 Human Rights Council (HRC) and the 52 HRC from 27 Feb- 4 April 2023.
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Annual United Nations forum on Business and Human Rights

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2022 Annual Report — Rule of Law and Human Rights

The report features over 40 country or context profiles highlighting UNDP efforts with UN and non-UN partners to provide long-term support to strengthen rule of law, human rights, justice and security programming.

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Right to a clean environment is a human right

Environmental Justice

For people for planet addressing environmental injustice requires a human-rights based, multi-disciplinary approach that addresses immediate environmental justice needs and tackles the structural inequalities that cause and perpetuate environmental injustice.

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Business and Human Rights