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Overview

Vietnam is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia. Established in 2002, the office acts as an expert resource and plays a catalytic and convening role, helping to bring human rights standards and mechanisms into discussions on political, social, economic and developmental issues amongst governmental and non-governmental actors. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

03 May 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

Viet Nam’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

14 Feb 2024

Special Procedures

Viet Nam: End convictions and deplorable detention conditions for human rights defenders, UN experts say

08 Dec 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on Bolivia, Bulgaria, Germany, Morocco, South Africa and Viet Nam

30 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

In Dialogue with Viet Nam, Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend the Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the National Assembly, Ask about the Criminalisation of Political Defectors and of Religious Activities by Minorities

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Latest statements & messages

11 Aug 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on imminent execution in Viet Nam

07 Mar 2022

Multiple Mechanisms

Global Update: Bachelet urges inclusion to combat "sharply escalating misery and fear"

23 Nov 2017

Special Procedures

Preliminary Observations of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Hilal Elver, on her mission to Viet Nam 13-23 November 2017

31 Jul 2014

Special Procedures

Press Statement on the visit to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

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Featured Stories

Photos may or may not depict ‘Mo’ but have been provided by the grantee organization. Credit: © Pacific Links Foundation
16 September 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“I didn’t feel human”

The UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery funds the Compassion House project, which helps hundreds of thousands of people who remain enslaved today.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/40/56/Add.1: Visit to Viet Nam - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CERD/C/VNM/CO/15-17: Concluding observations on the combined fifteenth to seventeenth periodic reports of Viet Nam

CCPR/C/VNM/CO/3: Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Viet Nam

CAT/C/VNM/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Viet Nam

CEDAW/C/VNM/CO/7-8: Concluding observations on the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Viet Nam

E/C.12/VNM/CO/2-4: Concluding observations on the second to fourth periodic reports of Viet Nam

CRC/C/VNM/CO/3-4: Concluding observations: Viet Nam

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External resources

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Field

South East Asia Regional Office
UNESCAP UN Secretariat Building
6th floor, Room 0601 A
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200
Tel. +66 2 288 1235
Website

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