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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 Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin

30 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Intersections of violence against women HIV/AIDS. Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Yakin Ertürk

22 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari

21 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers: Situations in Specific Countries or Territories

18 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report submitted by Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

16 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Civil and Political Rights, including the Question of Religious Intolerence

15 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report Submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Corrigendum

11 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report by the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Doudou Diène

11 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report by Mr. Doudou Diène, Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

11 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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

8 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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