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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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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its fifth session

6 December 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Visit to Canada (1-15 June 2005)

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

Addendum to the Report on the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children: Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

30 November 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Opinions Adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

19 October 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir: Mission to Nigeria

7 October 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission 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

Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms

3 August 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Commission on Human Rights: Report on the sixty-first session

22 April 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Human Rights Resolution 2005/82: Situation of Human Rights in the Sudan

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

Human Rights Resolution 2005/83: Assistance to Somalia in the Field of Human Rights

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

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