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UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights was the main subsidiary body of the Commission on Human Rights. The future of the Sub-Commission may be to assume its functions under the Human Rights Council in line with General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/251 establishing the Human Rights Council. It was originally established by the Commission on Human Rights at its first session in 1947, under the authority of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination against Minorities. In 1999, ECOSOC changed the title to Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The Sub-Commission was composed of 26 experts who acted in their personal capacity and were elected with due regard to equitable geographical distribution. The Sub-Commission had six main working groups: on Administration of Justice; Communications; Contemporary Forms of Slavery; Indigenous Populations; Minorities, and on Transnational Corporations. Among the main themes addressed wwere: racism; the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world; economic, social and cultural rights; civil and political rights, i.e., torture, detention, disappearances and summary executions, freedom of expression, the independence of the judiciary, impunity and religious intolerance; the human rights of women, children, migrant workers, minorities and displaced persons. This database contains Sub-Commission reports relevant to the work of UNHCR.

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Reviewing the Promotion and Practical Realisation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

23 June 2006 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Commentary Of The Working Group On Minorities To The United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Persons Belonging To National Or Ethnic, Religious And Linguistic Minorities

4 April 2005 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question Of The Violation Of Human Rights And Fundamentalfreedoms, Including Policies Of Racial Discrimination And Segregation, In All Countries, With Particular Reference Tocolonial And Other Dependent Countries And Territories:Report Of The Sub-Commission Under Commission On Humanrights Resolution 8 (Xxiii)Specific Human Rights Issues

21 July 2003 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question Of The Violation Of Human Rights And Fundamental freedoms, Including Policies Of Racial Discrimination And segregation, In All Countries, With Particular Reference Tocolonial And Other Dependent Countries And Territories: Report Of The Sub-Commission Under Commission On Humanrights Resolution 8 (XXIII): Specific Human Rights Issues, written Statement Submitted By Association For World Education, A Non-Governmental Organization On The Roster

13 July 2003 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question Of The Violation Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms, Including Policies Of Racial Discrimination And Segregation, in All Countries, with Particular Reference to Colonial And Other Dependent Countries And Territories: Report Of The Sub-Commission Under Commission On Human Rights Resolution 8 (Xxiii) (Continued)

8 August 2002 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question Of The Violation Of Human Rights And Fundamental freedoms, Including Policies Of Racial Discrimination And Segregation, In All Countries, With Particular Reference To Colonial And Other Dependent Countries And Territories: Report Of The Sub-Commission Under Commission On Human Rights Resolution 8 (Xxiii)

8 August 2002 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THEMATIC ISSUES RELATING TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION The concept and practice of affirmative action Preliminary report submitted by Mr. Marc Bossuyt, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Sub-Commission resolution 1998/5 Corrigendum

8 August 2000 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question of The Violation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Including Policies of Racial Discrimination and Segregation and of Apartheid, in All Countries, with Particular Reference to Colonial and Other Dependent Countries and Territories: Report of The Sub-Commission Under Commission On Human Rights Resolution 8 (XXIII): Situation of human rights in Togo, Note by the Secretary-General

28 July 2000 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question of The Violation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Including Policies of Racial Discrimination and Segregation, in All Countries, with Particular Reference to Colonial and Other Dependent Countries and Territories: Report of The Sub-Commission Under Commission On Human Rights Resolution 8 (XXIII):Violations of the rights of human rights defenders in all countries, Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

22 June 2000 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including policies of racial discrimination and segregation, in all countries, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories: Report of the Sub-Commission under Commission on Human Rights resolution 8(XXIII) - The death penalty, particularly in relation to juvenile offenders: Note by the Secretariat

20 June 2000 | Publisher: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

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