Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
QUNO Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
This submission by the Quaker United Nations Office explores how incorporating the human rights of people in poverty into national plans...
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Briefing Paper: Not Forgotten: Human Rights of Migrants at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) believes in the inherent worth of every individual and is committed to working for...
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Exploring Structural Barriers to Justice and Sustainability in Economic Systems
QUNO Representative for Sustainable and Just Economic Systems Joachim Monkelbaan contributed to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung publication “Building Back Better: A Call for...
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Key Human Rights Concerns for Children of Parents Accused or Convicted of Association with Designated Terrorist Groups
For over 15 years, QUNO has worked to draw attention to the impact on children of parental incarceration and clarify...
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Biometric data in the context of children of parents suspected, accused or convicted of association with designated terrorist groups
There is growing international concern regarding the many children associated with designated terrorist organizations, one specific group of whom are...
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Working Paper: Exploring barriers to justice and sustainability in economic systems
This analysis is a work in progress that has been prepared as a working document by QUNO’s Sustainable and Just...
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‘A lethal disregard’: QUNO’s written statement on the human rights of migrants at the 44th Human Rights Council
QUNO submitted this written statement on the occasion of the annual Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights...
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QUNO Directors’ Letter on the Impact of COVID-19
“We hold in the light those made ill by the new virus, their families and friends, and the dedicated people...
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Covid-19 and the Rights of Children of Parents who are Incarcerated
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, of which QUNO is co-convenor, produced this Briefing Paper...
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QUNO Review 2020
Our newest QUNO Review provides a brief introduction to QUNO and our ways of working, as well as an overview of our areas of...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents – International Standards and Guidelines
Children of incarcerated parents continue to face a range of challenges to the full respect for and enjoyment of their...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2019 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This special issue highlights some of the ways the Quaker commitment...
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A Government Official’s Toolkit – 2020 Edition
A Government Official’s Toolkit: inspiring urgent climate action includes 12 concise cases, 231 quotes referenced to over 100 published papers...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's August 2019 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue features: an update from our Human Rights & Refugees...
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Briefing Tools for PractitionersโChildren: unseen victims of the death penalty
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) is committed to the abolition of the death penalty in all its forms. We...
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Human Rights Based Climate Action
This leaflet was written to help decision makers better understand how a rights-based approach in forming climate policy will lead...
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Conscientious Objection submission to OHCHR report
While recognition of conscientious objection in national law is a huge step towards ending violations of the rights of those...
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A Government Official’s Toolkit – Updated A5 edition
This edition of A Government Official's Toolkit has been lightly edited and re-organized into a smaller format. This and the original publication...
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