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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 the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education on Girls' Right to Education

8 February 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Study on the Right to the Truth, Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

8 February 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Addendum, Mission To Switzerland: Preliminary Note

3 February 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights Human Rights Defenders: Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders: Addendum, Mission to Nigeria

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

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences, Yakin Ertürk : addendum : Mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran (29 January to 6 February 2005)

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

Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People: Progress Report on Preparatory Work for the Study Regarding Best Practices Carried out to Implement the Recommendations Contained in the Annual Reports of the Special Rapporteur

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

Report on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Addendum, Mission to the Russian Federation

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

Specific Groups And Individuals: Other Vulnerable Groups And Individuals, Missing persons

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

Economic, Social And Cultural Rights: Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, Report of the Secretary-General

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

Report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Addendum, Mission to Japan

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

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