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