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on a human rights-based approach to development cooperation (in Russian); Assessing the
effectiveness of national human rights institutions (jointly with the International Council on
Human Rights Policy in Arabic); Principles and Guidelines for a Human Rights Approach to
Poverty Reduction Strategies (in Arabic and Chinese, Web-based); Rule-of-law tools for
post-conflict States: Monitoring legal systems (in Spanish); Handbook on Housing and Property
Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the “Pinheiro Principles”
(jointly with various United Nations agencies in English); The Rights of Non-citizens (in
Chinese, English and Russian); Dimensions of Racism (jointly with UNESCO in French and
Spanish); Human Rights and World Trade Agreements (in Spanish); Good Governance Practices
for the Protection of Human Rights (in English); Handbook on HIV and Human Rights on
National Human Rights Institutions (jointly with UNAIDS in English).
4. Reference material
14. Reference material gives researchers and human rights law practitioners access to key
human rights instruments and other essential information. The material includes jurisprudence
from human rights treaty bodies. The following titles were published in 2007: Selected Decisions
of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol (vol. VI), in Spanish; Selected
Decisions of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol (vol. VII), in Russian;
Selected Decisions of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol (vol. VIII),
in English; Core International Human Rights Treaties, in English, Arabic and French; New Core
International Human Rights Treaties, in English and Spanish; Legislative History of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (jointly with Save the Children), in English.
5. Promotional material
15. The purpose of this material is to inform the general public about United Nations human
rights work. “The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery” is
now available in Spanish. The “Plan of Action for the first phase of the World Programme for
Human Rights Education”, a leaflet published jointly with UNESCO, was issued in English,
French and Spanish.
B. Use of electronic technology
16. In 2007, OHCHR redesigned its external website to present OHCHR and human rights
information with a more user-friendly approach. During the redesign, a new structure was
approved by senior management and implemented. Content for new entry pages and homepage
sections and new visual elements were also developed.
17. In January 2007, OHCHR decided to implement the new website using a Content
Management system (CMS) and selected Microsoft Share Point 2007 to be used as that platform.
18. Given the large amount of material on the OHCHR website, its contents are being moved
to the new structure through different phases.
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