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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
- Afghanistan 2
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- Burundi 10
- Cambodia 3
- Central African Republic 1
- Chad 2
- Chile 4
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3
- Cuba 3
- Cyprus 2
- Equatorial Guinea 1
- Haiti 14
- Iraq 1
- Israel 1
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3
- Liberia 2
- Morocco 1
- Myanmar 12
- Nepal 1
- Nicaragua 1
- Palestine, State of 7
- Sierra Leone 3
- Somalia 11
- Sudan 9
- Syrian Arab Republic 3
- Turkmenistan 2
- Western Sahara Territory 3
- Abduction 6
- Adoption 1
- Apartheid 74
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 16
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 4
- Child labour 5
- Child prostitution 10
- Child soldiers 11
- Children's rights 31
- Children-at-risk 35
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 2
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 6
- Contemporary forms of slavery 17
- Crime prevention 10
- Crimes against humanity 17
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 52
- Death penalty 12
- Deportation / Forcible return 13
- Diplomatic asylum 1
- Disappeared persons 24
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 129
- Drug trafficking 4
- Economic, social and cultural rights 59
- Effective remedy 38
- Equality before the law 4
- Ethnic cleansing 10
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exclusion clauses 1
- Extradition 4
- Extrajudicial executions 20
- Extreme poverty 15
- Family reunification 6
- Forced labour 5
- Foreign occupation 92
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 42
- Freedom of assembly and association 44
- Freedom of expression 75
- Freedom of movement 25
- Freedom of religion 1
- Genocide 30
- Good governance 4
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 11
- HIV and AIDS 13
- Habeas corpus 12
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 18
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1,428
- Human rights monitors 4
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
- Impunity 47
- Independence of judiciary 18
- Indigenous persons 60
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 18
- Law of the sea 3
- Legal representation / Legal aid 5
- Mass exodus 19
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 5
- Mercenaries 16
- Migrant rights 31
- Migrants 35
- Military courts 6
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 13
- Minorities 1
- Palestinian 1
- Peace process 4
- Persons with disabilities 10
- Population transfers 2
- Pre-trial detention 8
- Prison or detention conditions 4
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 11
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
- Public health 2
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 70
- Refugee camps 1
- Religious discrimination 21
- Resettlement 3
- Right to a nationality 3
- Right to development 8
- Right to education 9
- Right to employment 22
- Right to food 8
- Right to health 4
- Right to leave 4
- Right to life 50
- Right to self-determination 1
- Rights of non-citizens 9
- Roma 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 69
- SGBV 49
- State of emergency 9
- Statelessness 1
- Territorial asylum 1
- Terrorism 28
- Trafficking in persons 20
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 2
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 1
- Withdrawal of nationality 1
- Witnesses 10
- Women's rights 18
- Women-at-risk 9
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