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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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Situation of human rights in Cuba

4 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, John Dugard

3 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia

28 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in the Sudan, Emmanuel Akwei Addo

28 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Abduction of children in Africa

19 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

11 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

11 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

7 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

2 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Sierra Leone

2 February 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

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