List of Human Rights Issues
(from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) website)

Adequate Housing
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
Toolkit on the right to adequate housing

Business and Human Rights
Business and Human Rights

Children
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
OHCHR Thematic reports on children
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
United Nations Study on Violence against Children

Civil and Political Rights
Human Rights Committee (HRC)

Climate Change
Human Rights and climate Change
Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

Coercive Measures
Unilateral coercive measures and human rights

Cultural Rights
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

Democracy
Rule of Law - Democracy and Human Rights

Detention
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Development (Good Governance and Debt)
Development - Good governance
Human rights and the financial crisis
Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights
Open-ended working group on the right to development
Right to development

Disability and Human Rights
Human Rights of persons with disabilities

Disappearances
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Discrimination
A special focus on discrimination

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Portal (ESCR)
Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Education
Human rights education and training
Special Rapporteur on the right to education

Environment
Human Rights and the Environment
Independent Expert on human rights and the environment
Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes

Executions
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Food
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Toolkit on the Right to Food

Freedom of Opinion and Expression
Freedom of expression and advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
OHCHR Seminar on effective measures and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

Freedom of Religion and Belief
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

Globalization (Business, Trade and Investment)
Business and human rights
Globalization - Trade and investment

Health
Consultation on Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Toolkit on the Right to Health

HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

Human Rights Defenders
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

Human Rights Education and Training
Human rights education and training
United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training
World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing)

Human Rights Indicators
Human Rights Indicators

Independence of Judiciary
Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Indigenous Peoples
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Fellowship programme
Main page Indigenous
Open-ended inter-sessional Working Group on the draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Working group on indigenous populations

Internal Displacement
Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

International Order
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

International Solidarity
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity

Mercenaries
Special Rapporteur on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

Migration
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW)
Migration and Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

Millenium Development Goals and Human Rights
The Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

Minorities
Fellowship programme
Main page Minorities
Special Rapporteur on minority issues

Older persons
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
Older persons

Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
National Plans of Action for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Poverty
Human rights dimension of poverty
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
The draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights: the rights of the poor

Privacy
Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

Racism
Ad-Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Durban Review Conference (2009)
Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent
Group of Independent Eminent Experts
Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban (2001)

Rule of Law
Rule of Law

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Situations
Working Group on Situations

Slavery
Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of slavery
Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Terrorism
Independent expert on Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism

Torture
Committee against Torture (CAT)
Special Rapporteur on torture
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

Traditional Values
Human rights and traditional values

Trafficking in Persons
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

Transitional Justice
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence

Transnational Corporations
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Water and Sanitation
Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
Toolkit on the Right to Water and Sanitation

Women
Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Women's Rights and Gender main page
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice

Youth
Human rights of youth