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Contacts and further information
Specific contact information for the various procedures discussed in this chapter is given above.
Information can also be sent to OHCHR (see address below), specifying the particular mechanism
being addressed in the subject line of an e-mail or on the outside of an envelope.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais des Nations
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Telephone: 41 22 917 9220
E-mail: InfoDesk@ohchr.org
An important source of information on upcoming country visits by the special procedures
and other related issues is the OHCHR Civil Society Section e-mail broadcast system.52
A useful reference is United Nations Special Procedures: Facts and Figures, which is updated
annually.53
To sign up to the system, click on “Subscribe to e-mail updates” at www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/
CivilSociety.aspx (accessed 29 November 2012).
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The 2011 report is available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/SP/Facts_Figures2011.pdf (accessed
29 November 2012).
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