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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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Situation of human rights in Sierra Leone: Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

19 February 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Colombia

17 February 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Question of the death penalty

30 January 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Cuba

28 January 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Haiti : report / prepared by the Independent Expert, Louis Joinet

21 January 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Regional Workshop for the Adoption and Implementation of Affirmative-Action Policies for People of African Descent in thLatin American and Caribbean Region

8 January 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Myanmar : report / submitted by the Special Rapporteur, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

5 January 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its third session (Geneva, 29 September-10 October 2003)

19 December 2003 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Cambodia : report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia, Peter Leuprecht

19 December 2003 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Somalia : report of the Independent Expert, Ghanim Alnajjar

30 November 2003 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

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