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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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Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions: Mission to Nigeria

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

Addendum to the Report on the Human Rights of Migrants: Burkina Faso

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

Report on the independence of judges and lawyers: Addendum, Mission to Kyrgyzstan

30 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Civil and Political Rights, Including The Question of Freedom of Expression The right to freedom of opinion and expression, Report of the Special Rapporteur, Ambeyi Ligabo

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

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers: Addendum, Mission to Tajikistan

30 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Specific Groups and Individuals: Migrant Workers, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Jorge Bustamante

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

Report on Arbitrary Detention, Addendum,Visit to South Africa

29 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Addendum, Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

29 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin, Mission to Croatia

29 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin

28 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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