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7.
Since the last report of the Secretary-General, the Office distributed more
than 120,000 copies of human rights publications in addition to the 2,000 copies of each
publication which are regularly distributed by the Distribution Section at the United Nations
Office at Geneva through the mailing list established jointly by OHCHR and the Distribution
Section. OHCHR also increased the number of publications, making most of them available on
its website to enhance their dissemination.
1. Fact Sheets
8.
OHCHR Fact Sheets provide information on a wide range of human rights subjects.
By researching and focusing on an issue, a Fact Sheet helps readers understand human rights and
related topics, and the international machinery that has been established to promote and protect
them.
9.
In 2007, Fact Sheet No. 24/Rev.1, The International Convention on Migrant Workers and
its Committee, was issued in Arabic; No. 30, The United Nations Human Rights treaty system:
An introduction to the core human rights treaties and the treaty bodies, was issued in Arabic and
Spanish.
2. Training and educational material
10. The OHCHR training and educational material consists of handbooks and manuals
intended to raise awareness of international human rights standards. It is directed at audiences
that are able to influence the human rights situation in their countries. These publications also
serve as practical tools for organizations that provide human rights education to professional
groups (e.g. police, prison officials, judges, parliamentarians, human rights monitors, election
monitors and social workers) and educational institutions.
11. In 2007, the following items of the Professional Training Series were published: No. 13,
Human Rights - Handbook for Parliamentarians, was published in Arabic and Spanish, jointly
with the Inter-Parliamentary Union; No. 14, From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, was published in English, jointly with the Inter-Parliamentary Union
and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs.
12. The human rights education series consists of publications aimed at supporting
general human rights education efforts. It includes information on the World Programme for
Human Rights Education, a study on human rights education and human rights treaties, and a
practical book to support human rights education in schools. In 2007, No. 4/Rev.1, ABC:
Teaching Human Rights - Practical activities for primary and secondary schools, was issued in
Chinese; No. 5, Plan of Action for the first phase of the World Programme for Human Rights
Education, was published jointly with UNESCO, in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and
Spanish.
3. Special-issue papers
13. Special issue papers explore selected subjects in greater depth. Several issue papers were
published in 2007: International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights - 2006
Consolidated Version (published jointly with UNAIDS, in French); Frequently asked questions
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