Manual on Human Rights Monitoring Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations, 2011. - 33 chapters; colored illustrations;

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Foreword;
Introduction;
Part I: Introduction to the human rights monitoring function
1. Definitions and the human rights monitoring cycle; 2. Basic principles of human rights monitoring; 3.Human rights monitoring, fact-finding and investigation by the United Nations; 4. Norms applicable to united Nation human rights officers and other staff;
Part II: International legal framework
5. Applicable international human rights and humanitarian law framework; 6. United Nations monitoring standards;
Part III: Understanding the context and strategy making
7. Gathering contextual information; 8. Analysis; 9. Strategic planning for human rights impact;
Part IV: Monitoring and documenting human rights violations
10. Gathering and verifying information; 11. Interviewing; 12. Trauma and self-care 13. Human right reporting; 14. Protection of victims, witnesses and other cooperating persons; 15. Integrating gender into human rights monitoring;
Part V: Engagement and partnerships for protection and empowerment
16. Engagement and partnerships with civil society; 17. Engagement and partnerships with international actors; 18. Interaction with non-State actors;
Part VI: Focus areas for human rights monitoring
20. Monitoring economic, social and cultural rights; 21. Visiting places of detention; 22. Trial observation and monitoring the administration of justice; 23. Monitoring human rights in the context of elections; 24. Monitoring human rights in the context of demonstrations and public meetings; 25. Monitoring human rights in conflict-related or natural emergencies;
Part VII: Monitoring the human rights of particular rights holders
26. Monitoring and protecting the human rights of refugees, internally displaces persons and returnees; 27. Monitoring and protecting the human rights of women; 28. Monitoring and protecting the human rights of women; 29. Monitoring and protecting the human rights of other groups;
Part VIII: Intervention for corrective action
30. Using presence and visibility; 31. Advocacy and intervention with national authorities; 32. Working with the media; 33. Addressing the human rights situation through United Nations mechanism
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