Central African Republic

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Overview

The Human Rights Division of MINUSCA (HRD) monitors and reports on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and its main areas of focus include: conflict-related human rights violations (IHL, IHRL) grave child rights violations and child protection, conflict-related sexual violence and women protection, foundational and institutional capacity building, transitional justice and prevention of incitement to violence and hate speech. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest statements & messages

28 Mar 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

Human rights situation in Central African Republic still of serious concern, says Deputy

31 Mar 2023

Multiple Mechanisms

Central African Republic: Atrocities must end, says Volker Türk

01 Jun 2022

Multiple Mechanisms

Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on adoption of law abolishing death penalty in CAR

30 Mar 2022

Multiple Mechanisms

Bachelet updates the Human Rights Council on the Central African Republic

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Latest news

01 Jun 2026

Press releases

UN expert gravely concerned by persistent violence in several regions of Central African Republic

29 Oct 2025

Press releases

UN expert calls for strengthened MINUSCA mandate to support peacebuilding in the Central African Republic

26 Jun 2025

Special Procedures

Central African Republic: UN Expert calls for urgent institutional reform of electoral authority ahead of 2025 elections

08 Apr 2025

Treaty bodies

UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances publishes findings on Belgium, Central African Republic, Gambia, Malta, and Serbia

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Stories

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29 May 2019 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Preventing incitement to hatred and violence in the Central African Republic

On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we highlight the work of UN Human Rights to prevent discourse by public figures that target particular communities and fuel or trigger violence in the Central African Republic.
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28 June 2017

Central African Republic: efforts to fight impunity taking shape

Transitional justice is the way to sustainable peace in Central African Republic, say national, regional and UN representatives who discussed recommendations made in a UN report mapping 13 years of rights violations.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa - Report of the Secretary-General

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Central African Republic: Mapping human rights violations 2003-2015

OHCHR/MINUSCA

Rapport public sur les violations des droits de l'homme et du droit international humanitaire en République Centrafricaine durant la période électorale (French only) Incitement to hatred and violence in the Central African Republic (2017-2020) Quarterly MINUSCA report on human rights in CAR, Q1 2020

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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/56/60/Add.2: Visit to the Central African Republic - Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally

A/HRC/51/59: Situation of human rights in the Central African Republic – Report of the Independent Expert on the situation in the Central African Republic

A/HRC/48/81: Human rights situation in the Central African Republic - Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, Yao Agbetse

A/HRC/45/55: Human rights situation in the Central African Republic - Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights inthe Central African Republic

A/HRC/42/61: Human rights situation in the Central African Republic - Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic

A/HRC/39/70: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic - Note by the Secretariat

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Independent Expert on the Central African Republic >
 

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CEDAW/C/CAF/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the Central African Republic

Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of the Central African Republic

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations concerning the initial report of the Central African Republic

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Central African Republic

Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures 

External Resources

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice African Union

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

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

Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 9220

Field

Mission Intégrée des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation de Centre-Afrique (MINUSCA)
Avenue Boganda
BP 2732
Bangui, République Centrafricaine
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