ABSTRACT
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR's) Geneva headquarters incorporates the following three divisions: Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms; Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development; and Field Operations and Technical Co-operation. OHCHR offers support and expertise to the UN's human rights monitoring mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council and the Universal Periodic Review (which assesses, cyclically, the human rights situation in all UN member states). In 2021 OHCHR was supporting eight independent investigations that had been authorized by the Human Rights Council. During September the CoI transferred its collected evidence on alleged atrocities perpetrated within Myanmar to a new Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (the 'Myanmar Mechanism'-authorized by the Human Rights Council in September 2018), which was tasked with preparing files to be the basis of future criminal prosecutions under international law.
