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UN Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. The Council was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them Website: www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/hrcindex.aspx
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 14 December 2016

19 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Technical assistance and capacity-building for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016

10 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Local government and human rights : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016

6 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Situation of human rights in Burundi : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016

5 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia

15 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

5 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports

Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights

26 August 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice on its mission to the United States of America

4 August 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic

22 July 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports

The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

15 July 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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