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List of Human Rights Issues Adequate Housing Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context Business and Human Rights Business and Human Rights Children Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) OHCHR Study on children working and/or living on the street Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography United Nations Study on Violence against Children Civil and Political Rights Human Rights Committee (HRC) Climate change Human Rights and climate Change Cultural rights Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights Democracy Rule of Law - Democracy and Human Rights Detention Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Development (Good Governance and Debt) Development - Good governance Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights Open-ended working group on the right to development Right to development Disability and Human Rights Human Rights of persons with disabilities Disappearances Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED) Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Discrimination A special focus on discrimination Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - General information and resources Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Education Human rights education and training Special Rapporteur on the right to education Environment Special Rapporteur on Adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights Executions Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Food Special Rapporteur on the right to food Freedom of Opinion and Expression Freedom of expression and advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Freedom of Religion and Belief Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Gender Women's Rights and Gender main page Globalization (Business, Trade and Investment) Business and human rights Globalization - Trade and investment Health Consultation on Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Human Rights and International Solidarity The Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity Human Rights Defenders Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Human rights education and training Human rights education and training United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing) Human Rights Indicators Human Rights Indicators Impunity Independent Expert to update the Set of Principles for the protection and the promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity Independence of Judiciary Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Indigenous Peoples Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Fellowship programme Main page Indigenous Open-ended inter-sessional Working Group on the draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations Working group on indigenous populations Internal Displacement Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons International Solidarity Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity Mercenaries Special Rapporteur on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination Migration Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) Migration and Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Millenium Development Goals and Human Rights Millenium Development Goals and Human Rights Minorities Fellowship programme Independent Expert on minority issues Main page Minorities Older persons Older persons Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights National Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Poverty Consultation on the draft of the guiding principles: "Extreme poverty and human rights: the rights of the poor" Human rights dimension of poverty Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Racism Ad-Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Durban Review Conference (2009) Group of Independent Eminent Experts Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban (2001) Rule of Law Rule of Law Situations Working Group on Situations Slavery Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of slavery Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Terrorism Independent expert on Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Special Rapporteur on human rights and terrorism of the Sub-Commission on the promotion and protection of human rights (Reports) Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism Torture Committee against Torture (CAT) Special Rapporteur on torture Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture Trafficking in Persons Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children Transnational Corporations Special Representative of the SG on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Water and sanitation Consultations on human rights and access to Water Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation Stakeholders views for the study on human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking Water and sanitation Women Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Women's Rights and Gender main page Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice

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