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UN Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. The Council was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them Website: www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/hrcindex.aspx
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Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, including its Causes and Consequences : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016

5 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Situation of human rights in Burundi : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016

5 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The human rights of older persons : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016

5 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016

5 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016

5 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016

5 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the United Nations Independent Investigation on Burundi (UNIIB) established pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution S-24/1

20 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports

Comprehensive report on the human rights of migrants

16 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia

15 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports

Summary report of the annual full-day of discussion on women's human rights

14 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Conference Reports

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