OHCHR - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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The OHCHR homepage is tangentially relevant to AI safety through its human rights governance work and High Commissioner statements on AI; not a primary AI safety resource but useful for international policy and rights-based AI governance context.

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The homepage of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the principal UN body mandated to promote and protect human rights globally. It publishes press releases, reports, and statements on human rights issues worldwide, including recent coverage of AI and society, racial discrimination, and conflict-related displacement.

Key Points

•OHCHR is the UN's primary human rights body, relevant to governance frameworks around emerging technologies including AI.
•High Commissioner has issued statements on 'People, Power and Society in the Age of AI', signaling UN-level engagement with AI governance.
•Publishes authoritative reports on human rights violations, displacement, and discrimination that inform international policy.
•Relevant to AI safety discussions around human rights-based approaches to AI governance and accountability.
•Serves as a reference point for international normative frameworks that intersect with AI deployment and oversight.

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![A diverse group of people of different skin tones raise their hands together in a gesture of collective solidarity. Several people are visible in the background. Some individuals wear bracelets and jewellery. The image is lit from behind, creating a warm, uplifting atmosphere.](https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/styles/full_bleed_responsive_mobile/public/2026-03/story-2026-int-day-elim-racial-discrimination-hero_0.jpg?itok=1ZizkiwX)

# From Sharpeville to Durban: The unfinished fight against racial discrimination

#### International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

[Read the story](https://www.ohchr.org/node/114235)

[![Israel’s settlement expansion drives mass displacement in West Bank ](https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_style_2_narrow_400px_244px/public/2026-03/2026-03-17-settlements.png?itok=GJlQttF_)\\
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Israel’s settlement expansion drives mass displacement in West Bank – UN report](https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/03/israels-settlement-expansion-drives-mass-displacement-west-bank-un-report)

[![A scene from the play at the Sharpeville Exhibition Centre in Sharpeville, Johannesburg, ](https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_style_2_narrow_400px_244px/public/2026-03/2026-03-18-story-sharpeville.jpg?itok=jbq8VIBq)\\
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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights\\
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Racism\\
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Preserving the Sharpeville play: Survivors’ voices as living archives](https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2026/03/preserving-sharpeville-play-survivors-voices-living-archives)

[![A young woman with locs and a brown head wrap sits at a wooden table with an HP laptop, wearing glasses, a smartwatch, and a white embroidered top. She looks directly at the camera against a cream curtained backdrop.](https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_style_2_narrow_400px_244px/public/2026-03/2026-03-17-yas2025-main.jpg?itok=ggplBOGO)\\
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Stories\\
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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights\\
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“Digital education can change the world”](https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2026/03/digital-education-can-change-world)

[Statements and speeches\\
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**High Commissioner Türk on People, Power and Society in the Age of AI**](https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2026/03/high-commissioner-turk-people-power-and-society-age-ai)

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**Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon**](https://www.ohchr.org/en/updates/2023/11/situation-occupied-palestinian-territory-israel-and-lebanon)

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**Torture survivors push for landmark charter to turn rights into reality**](https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2026/03/torture-survivors-push-landmark-charter-turn-rights-reality)

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