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Media Centre

UN Human Rights spokespeople are available at our headquarters in Geneva to answer media inquiries and provide interviews. Media officers also handle inquiries related to Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures.  Send your media inquiries to us via email at OHCHR-media@un.org.

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Contacts

Global

Ravina Shamdasani

Ravina Shamdasani

Chief Spokesperson
Tel: +41 (0)22 917 91 69
Email: ravina.shamdasani@un.org

Liz Throssell

Liz Throssell

Spokesperson
Tel: +41(0) 22 917 9296
E-mail: elizabeth.throssell@un.org
Twitter: @LizThrossell

Jeremy Laurence

Jeremy Laurence

Spokesperson
Tel: +41 22 917 9383
Email: jeremy.laurence@un.org

Marta Hurtado

Marta Hurtado

Spokesperson
Tel: +41 (0)22 917 94 66
E-mail: marta.hurtadogomez@un.org

Special Procedures

Dharisha Indraguptha

Media Officer
Tel: +41 79 506 1088
Email: dharisha.indraguptha@un.org

Special Procedures Media

Email: OHCHR-media-specialprocedures@un.org


Twitter: @UN_SPExperts

Treaty Bodies

Vivian Kwok

Media Officer
Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9362
Email: vivian.kwok@un.org

Treaty Bodies Media

E-mail: OHCHR-media-treatybodies@un.org

Twitter: @UNTreatyBodies

New York HQ and Regional Offices

Laura Gelbert Delgado

Media Officer
New York Headquarters
Tel: +1 917 208 6656
E-mail: gelbert@un.org

Seif Magango

Public Information Officer
Nairobi
Tel: +254 743 272457
E-mail:  seif.magango@un.org

Maria Jeannette Moya

Public Information Officer
Regional Office for South America
(Santiago)

Tel: +56 222 102 977
Email: maria.moya@un.org

Habibou Dia

Public Information Officer
Regional Office for West Africa
(Dakar)

Tel: +221 447 2776 / +221 332 4724
Email: habibou.dia@un.org

Carlos Augusto Rodriguez

Public Information Officer
Regional Office for Central America
(Panama)

Tel: +507 6671 3569
E-mail: carlos.rodriguezosorio@un.org

Jessy Chahine

Public Information Officer
Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa
Tel: +961 1 962 544
Email: jessy.chahine@un.org

Human Rights Council-mandated Investigations

Todd Pitman

Media Adviser
Tel: +41 76 691 1761
E-mail: todd.pitman@un.org

Human Rights Council

Pascal Sim

Media Officer
Tel: +41 (0) 22 917 97 63
Email: simp@un.org

David Díaz Martín

Public Information Officer
Email: david.diazmartin@un.org

Media Inquiries

Send your media inquires to us via email at OHCHR-media@un.org.

All other inquiries

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Distribution list

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Resources

Audio-visual resources

UN Human Rights videos (edits or continuity ) and photos may be downloaded and used for broadcast on all platforms for free with no restrictions. Find all our videos on our Vimeo account

Contact:
Tony Headley
Tel: +41 22 917 99 22
E-mail: anthony.headley@un.org

 

Databases

Special Procedures Communications Database
Special procedures mechanisms can intervene directly with Governments on allegations of violations of human rights that come within their mandates by means of letters which include urgent appeals and other communications. This database provides easy access to those communications and the replies received.

Special Procedures Database
Search for documents and information relating to the mandates and country visits of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.

Treaty Bodies Database
Search for documents and information relating to the core international human rights treaties.

View all databases

 

Meetings and Events

View full list of meetings and events.

UNOG Meeting Summaries

The News & Media team of UN Geneva provide summaries of meetings of the human rights mechanisms that can be useful for research. View UNOG Meeting Summaries.