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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 of the Commission on Human Rights, John Dugard, on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967

17 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on the situation of human rights in Belarus

16 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on violence against women,its causes and consequences, Addendum, mission to Mexico

13 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Updated Study by the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance: Political Platforms Which Promote or Incite Racial Discrimination

13 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Specific Group and Individuals: Mass Exoduses and Displaced Persons, Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin

12 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Rights of The Child, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Juan Miguel Petit

12 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Sudan, Sima Samar

11 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Mission to Nepal

9 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Addendum: Mission to Serbia And Montenegro

9 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Civil and Political Rights, Including The Question Of Religious Intolerance Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir

9 January 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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