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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 Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Follow-up to the Recommendations Made by the Special Rapporteur; Visits to Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Mexico, Romania, the Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Venezuela

21 March 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Mission to China

10 March 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Situation of Detainees at Guantánamo Bay

27 February 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Mission to Nepal

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

Report on Arbitrary Detention, Addendum,Visit to South Africa

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

Civil and Political Rights, Including The Questions of Torture And Detention Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment Report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, Manfred Nowak

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

Report on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Mission to Mongolia

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

Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Torture and Detention, Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

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

Report on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Mission to Georgia

23 September 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Human Rights Resolution 2005/39: Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

19 April 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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