UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL 2020 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. FOREWORD BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER 4 2. UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2019 6 3. ROADMAP TO 2021 10 4. UN HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD IN 2020 38 5. FUNDING AND BUDGET 40 6. TRUST FUNDS 50 7. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE 52 8. ANNEXES 54 . OHCHR MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018-2021 - ELEMENTS FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE - ELEMENTS FOCUSED ON DIGITAL SPACE AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES - ELEMENTS FOCUSED ON CORRUPTION - ELEMENTS FOCUSED ON INEQUALITIES - ELEMENTS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE ON THE MOVE . UN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION CHART . ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS UN HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL 2020 3 FOREWORD BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOREWORD BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOREWORD BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER It is an honour to present the annual Human rights work is In the following pages, we outline the I believe that today’s challenges mean our appeal of my Office for 2020. My first year strategies and partnerships we are expertise is vitally needed. We appreciate as High Commissioner has reaffirmed my an investment. It is an devising to tackle these challenges. To the support we have received from our conviction that your political and financial investment many of you successfully deliver real human rights 78 donors in 2019, 63 of them being investment is crucial for the success impact in these areas, we know we also Member States. The US$172.1 million in our efforts to promote and protect have chosen to make, in need to align our organizational processes they provided to the Office constituted a human rights. order to ensure greater and working methods – to foster more small, but worrying decrease of some 8 innovation, cross-cutting teamwork, per cent from contributions in 2018*. I am Fostering peaceful societies and justice, security and and fluid communication across all our also concerned that many contributions sustainable development begins with teams, including in the field. Mindful of continue to be earmarked, hampering steps to support and promote human sustainable development the complexity of each of these issues, our ability to use these funds rapidly rights. By bringing States, civil society, across the world. as well as the connections between and effectively. Most importantly, at this business actors and many others together them, we will also be deepening our work level of under-funding, UN Human Rights behind the universal commitment to programmes grounded in human rights with the Human Rights Council’s Special cannot respond positively to all the rights, we can address the root causes of principles, analysis and guidance can Procedures, and the Treaty Bodies. requests for assistance that we receive in the crises that challenge our societies. constitute the most effective approaches any given year. As you read through some of the The advocacy, monitoring and technical to each of these issues. examples of the work we have begun – We can do better – with your help. On cooperation advanced by my Office in These are policy areas which involve from analysing the gender-differentiated behalf of all the people we work through, 2019 has generated progress for people multiple, complex risks that cross effects of climate change, to bringing tech with and for, I extend sincere thanks to around the world. We will continue to cultures, national boundaries and legal companies and NGOs together to discuss all our donors. Your support is crucial to advance under the pillars that shape our jurisdictions. Although they can be practical action to address online abuses everything we do. work: our support for the international conceived as separate issues, they are – I encourage you to consider how you human rights mechanisms; our efforts intertwined – forming tight knots that can best further our work to prevent and to drive mainstreaming of human rights strangle the freedom and dignity of defuse threats; protect the vulnerable; within the UN’s development and individuals, and the peace and sustainable promote human rights principles peace and security efforts; and our development of societies. of transparency, participation and work to help States fulfil the core human accountability; and expand our impact. rights principles of non-discrimination, We cannot tackle climate change, accountability and participation. vast movements of people, rising Human rights work is an investment. tensions and conflicts or sustainable It is an investment many of you have New issues are surging forward to development unless we also deal with chosen to make, in order to ensure challenge human rights – and old issues corruption and inequalities. Resolving greater justice, security and sustainable continue to create suffering. This appeal the interlocking issues, which shape development across the world. My Office highlights the five “frontier” issues in and accentuate inequalities is a vital is a tool – a uniquely qualified resource which we are strengthening our work, and part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable for governments, institutions and people where the human rights agenda can have Development – an unprecedented, once around the world, which monitors and powerful impact in improving lives. in a lifetime opportunity to end extreme analyses human rights situations and Climate change, digital space, inequalities, poverty on the basis of a cooperative topics; and, based on that work, assists corruption, and human rights concerns and global plan. And this, in turn, will the global community to fulfil rights related to the displacement and movement require comprehensive work to advance more effectively. MICHELLE BACHELET of people constitute forceful challenges the whole spectrum of rights – including United Nations to the inalienable human rights of every economic, social, cultural, civil and * Figures are estimated as of 15 December 2019 and will be adjusted and confirmed upon the final closure of the High Commissioner person. At the same time, policies and political rights, by working in synergy. 2019 accounts. for Human Rights 4 UN HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL 2020 UN HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL 2020 5 UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2019 UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2019 UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2019 Highlights in 2019 Mandate Promote and protect all MEMBER STATE COOPERATION human rights for all 39 3,027 128 treaty actions State party reports reviewed by 55 countries visited official documents produced the treaty bodies with Rationalize, adapt, strengthen Recommend that bodies of 2 signatures for meetings of human and streamline the United the United Nations system 19 ratifications over 68 rights mechanisms, General 7 States parties visited Nations human rights improve the promotion and visits by special Assembly and ECOSOC by the Subcommittee on machinery protection of all human rights 18 accessions procedures mandates Prevention of Torture PEOPLE CENTRED Coordinate human rights Promote and protect promotion and protection the right to development activities throughout the 8,5 9 4 fellows (41 female and 36 male) from United Nations system Mandate of the 35,997 victims of torture in victims of contemporary forms indigenous, Afrodescendant and minority United Nations High 77 countries received of slavery in 23 countries 77 communities in 56 countries, participated in Commissioner for rehabilitation support obtained assistance the UN Human Rights Fellowship Programme Human Rights Enhance international HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS INTEGRATION IN THE UN cooperation for the General Assembly Provide technical resolution 48/141 promotion and protection of assistance to States for Support to all human rights human rights activities the work of 92 12 36 172 treaty resolutions 23,645 Human Rights Human Rights Advisers body experts during adopted by the submissions related to Components in UN (14 female and Human Rights 21 sessions individual complaints and Peace Missions, 22 male) deployed in Engage in dialogue with Coordinate United Nations Council for a total of Committee on Enforced including 577 staff UN Country Teams governments in order to secure human rights education and Disappearances urgent supported by UN under the framework respect for all human rights public information programmes 76 weeks actions received Human Rights of the UNSDG CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT Work actively to remove obstacles Over to the realization of human rights 251 and to prevent the continuation of grants awarded to civil society human rights violations 2,521 2,420 organizations, NHRIs and academic Oral statements delivered by participants in the 8th institutions for a total amount of NGOs during Human Rights Forum on Business and Council sessions Human Rights $11,539,113 Data available at the time of printing 6 UN HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL 2020 UN HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL 2020 7 UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2019 UN HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2019 Global presence in 2019 2019 Funding overview STAFF GENDER DISTRIBUTION BUDGET DONORS REGULAR BUDGET ALLOCATION 81 + 1 (2 locations) FIELD PRESENCES HQ Unmet extrabudgetary requirements 78 donors * of which 63 are 56% 44% $106.9m $149.4m EXTRABUDGETARY Member States REQUIREMENTS 1,425 142 HQ 63% 37% Voluntary contributions STAFF NATIONALITIES $321.5m BREAKDOWN BY AMONG STAFF FIELD received GEOGRAPHIC GROUP 47% 53% $172.1m + + GENERAL SERVICE 3 33 577 53% 47% African Group VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS JPOs SPONSORED BY STAFF IN PEACE PROFESSIONAL AND ABOVE 13 MEMBER STATES MISSIONS 57% 43% TOTAL AMOUNT BREAKDOWN OF DONORS BY BRACKETS RECEIVED OF CONTRIBUTIONS P1 50% 50% 15 P2 67% 33% EC, Norway, USA, Sweden, Asia-Pacific Group $172.1m $10-20m (57.9%**) Netherlands, Denmark *** P3 62% 38% P4 52% 48% 60% P5 39% 61% D1 29% 71% 14 Eastern D2 67% 33% 52.8 (31%) European Group 40% ASG 50% 50% Unearmarked USG 100% 119.3 (69%) Earmarked 6 international staff national staff Latin American and 40.1% Caribbean Group STAFF IN THE FIELD HQ 55% HQ 59.9% 25 Field UNDP (UN pooled and trust Western European 13.5% Africa $5-10m (20.8%**) funds funding), UK, Switzerland, 45% Germany *** and Others Group * The 2019 regular budget allotment reflects 12% Americas a number of across-the-board reductions of 55% between 5 and 25 per cent on several budget lines decided by the General Assembly.