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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 submitted by Mr. Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

23 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances. Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

23 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

22 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

22 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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

20 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

The right to education

17 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the elimination of violence against women

17 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

The right to freedom of opinion and expression. Report of the Special Rapporteur, Ambeyi Ligabo

17 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

16 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, Theo van Boven

15 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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