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UN Commission on Human Rights

Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission on Human Rights was slated to be abolished on 16 June 2006 with the conclusion of its sixty-second session and pursuant to General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/251 establishing the Human Rights Council. The Commission on Human Rights for decades was considered to be the central architect of the work of the United Nations in the field of human rights. Delegates from its 53 member States, together with those of observer States and non-governmental organizations, met in March/April of each year in regular sessions in Geneva, though special sessions were sometimes held at other times to deal with urgent and acute human rights situations. It was assisted in this work by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a number of working groups and a network of individual experts, representatives and special rapporteurs mandated to report to it on specific issues or countries. At its regular sessions, the Commission adopted resolutions, decisions and statements on matters of relevance to individuals in all regions and circumstances.  Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions: Transparency and the Imposition of the Death Penalty

24 March 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Human Rights Resolution 2005/59: The Question of the Death Penalty

20 April 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Commission on Human Rights Resolutions 2004/67: Question of the Death Penalty

21 April 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Question of the death penalty

30 January 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2003/67: The Question of the Death Penalty

24 April 2003 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/65 The question of the death penalty

27 April 2000 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Question of the death penalty.

28 April 1999 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Question of the death penalty.

3 April 1998 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

T.T. v. Australia

4 December 1997 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Case Law

Question of the death penalty.

3 April 1997 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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