UN Human Rights in the Americas
Date of Publication
1-1-2023 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Human Rights
Keywords
Latin America, violation, migrants, vulnerable, human rights
Description
In 2021, UN Human Rights’ work in the Americas region covered 35 countries and consisted of 25 field presences: two regional offices (in Panama and Santiago de Chile); four country offices (Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico); one human rights component in a peace mission (United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)); one technical mission (Bolivia); one operation under a Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) (Venezuela); and 16 human rights advisers (HRAs): three international HRAs in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica and 13 national HRAs deployed in Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.
UN Human Rights in the Americas
In 2021, UN Human Rights’ work in the Americas region covered 35 countries and consisted of 25 field presences: two regional offices (in Panama and Santiago de Chile); four country offices (Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico); one human rights component in a peace mission (United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)); one technical mission (Bolivia); one operation under a Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) (Venezuela); and 16 human rights advisers (HRAs): three international HRAs in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica and 13 national HRAs deployed in Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.
