Useful Information

Malawi

Status of Ratifications
Reporting Status
Standing invitation to Special Procedures
(No invitation extended)
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
(Not member of the Human Rights Council)

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Malawi and UN Charter-based Bodies

Malawi and UN Treaty Bodies

Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights of persons with albinism - Mission to Malawi (A/HRC/34/59/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food - Mission to Malawi (A/HRC/25/57/Add.1)

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Main page of the Special Procedures

Most recent concluding observations

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2022) CAT/C/MWI/CO/1

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2017) CRC/C/MWI/CO/3-5

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Concluding observations (2017) CRC/C/OPAC/MWI/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
Concluding observations (2017) CRC/C/OPSC/MWI/CO/1

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2015) CEDAW/C/MWI/CO/7

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2014) CCPR/C/MWI/CO/1/Add.1

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2003) CERD/C/63/CO/12

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OHCHR in Malawi

The Senior Human Rights Adviser works with the UN Country Team (UNCT) to: integrate human rights into their programmes and activities, to develop strategies and programmes aimed at building and strengthening national capacities and institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, and to promote human rights as a common UN value and uphold international norms and standards through advocacy and awareness-raising; Conducts situational assessments and a mapping of UNCT capacities and needs; and Supports the RC and UNCT and national partners in their engagement with international human rights mechanisms. More about OHCHR in Malawi.

Contact Information

Headquarters

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

Africa Branch
Tel. + 41 22 928 9360