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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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Question of a draft Body of Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care.

5 March 1991 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Question of a draft Body of Principles and Guarantees for the Protection of Mentally-Ill Persons and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care.

6 March 1990 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Draft Body of Guidelines, Principles and Guarantees of the Rights of Persons Detained on Grounds of Mental Ill-Health or Suffering from Mental Disorder.

9 March 1988 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : guidelines, principles and guarantees for the protection of persons detained on grounds of mental ill-health or suffering from mental disorder.

9 March 1983 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Principles and Guarantees for the Protection of Persons Detained on Grounds of Mental Ill-Health or Suffering from Mental Disorder.

6 March 1982 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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