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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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Best practices and how to improve on the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation between States with respect to law enforcement on the issue of business and human rights: Study of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

25 April 2017 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on the right to life and the use of force by private security providers in law enforcement contexts

6 May 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

17 December 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question of the death penalty : report of the Secretary-General

2 July 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

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