Palais Wilson
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The current headquarters of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and situated in Geneva, Switzerland. It was also the headquarters of the League of Nations until that body moved its premises to the Palais des Nations, which was constructed between 1929 and 1938, also in Geneva. It is named after the American President Woodrow Wilson, who was instrumental to the foundation of the League of Nations. The Committee on the Rights of the Child also holds its hearings in the Palais Wilson.
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