To fulfil its comprehensive human rights mandate, OHCHR engages and speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations and abuses. It provides a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today’s human rights challenges, and acts as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and human rights advocacy activities in the United Nations system.

Work methods

OHCHR’s method of work focuses on three major dimensions: standard-setting, monitoring, and implementation through partnerships with national institutions. We do so by offering expertise, and substantive support to the different duty-bearers in the country, as they discharge their mandates and duties. OHCHR seeks to ensure that national, regional and international human rights standards are implemented through greater coordination, partnerships and engagements. OHCHR also provides advice to and closely cooperates with the UN Resident Coordinator and UN agencies on human rights issues.

OHCHR also engages in providing trainings and capacity development for all stakeholders, including OHCHR staff and those of partner institutions; working to ensure that human rights and gender equity is recognized and streamlined; supporting human rights defenders coalitions across the country; assessing and monitoring the human rights situation and seeking for the most effective ways to advocate for the enjoyment of all human rights for everyone, everywhere.

Partnerships

With its leading human rights role and the important task of mainstreaming human rights across the United Nations system, OHCHR works with Government, civil society, national human rights institutions, other United Nations entities, international organizations, private sector and others in their efforts to promote and protect all human rights, for everyone, everywhere.

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights partners with a wide range of organizations to ensure that advancements in human rights promotion and protection are adopted and brought to scale across the country, in partnership with national stakeholders. Such coordinated engagement and partnership is key to reach the rights- holders whose lives OHCHR’s mandate seeks to benefit.

To fulfil its comprehensive human rights mandate, OHCHR speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations worldwide. It provides a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today’s human rights challenges, and acts as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and human rights advocacy activities in the United Nations system.

Resources

To implement its comprehensive mandate, OHCHR in Uganda employs more than eight human rights officers, six based in Kampala and two in the field offices of Gulu and Moroto. OHCHR is funded from the United Nations regular budget and from voluntary contributions from Member States, intergovernmental organizations, foundations and individuals.