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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 High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan and on the Achievements of Technical Assistance in the Field of Human Rights

3 March 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Addendum, Mission to Afghanistan (9 to 19 July 2005)

15 February 2006 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan

11 March 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

22 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the independent expert of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan

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

Note by the secretariat on the independent expert for Afghanistan

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

Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living: Addendum -Mission to Afghanistan

4 March 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2003/77: Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan

25 April 2003 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Report of the Special Rapporteur, Addendum Mission to Afghanistan (13 to 23 October 2002)

3 February 2003 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : Report of the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Asma Jahangir, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/36: Addendum Mission to Afghanistan (13 to 23 October 2002)

3 February 2003 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

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