Monday, January 21, 2019

About a the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights



  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is a department of the United Nations that vows to securcing the human rights under international law.

  • It has been established on 20 December 1993 in World Conference of Vienna,Austria(held on 14-25 June 1993) and has been Active since then.


  • Their purpose is Creating peaceful world while protecting human rights and its Law.


  • Head quarters of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights located in Geneva,Switerland

  • Members of United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights.
    Num Name Country Term Period Facts Picture
    1 Jose Ayala-Lasso Eduador 1994-1997 Jose Ayala Lasso is the First high commissioner for Human Rights.
    2 Mary Robinson Ireland 1997-2002 Born on May 21, 1944 in Ballina,Ireland. Robinson
    3 Sergio Vieira de Mello Brazil 2002-2003 Born on March 15, 1948, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.Died by Baghdad's Canal Hotel bombing on 2003. Mello
    4 Louise Arbour Canada 2004-2008 Born on February 10, 1947 in Montreal, Canada. Arbour
    5 Navanethem Pillay South Africa 2008-2014 Born on September 23, 1941 in Durban, South Africa. Pillay
    6 Zeid Raad Al Hussein Jordan 2014-2018 Former High Commissioner Of Human Rights. Hussein
    7 Michelle Bachelet Chile 2018(Currently)-2022 Current High Commissioner of Human Rights Bachelet

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