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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 on the independence of judges and lawyers, Mission to Kazakhstan.

11 January 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Mission to Mozambique

4 January 2005 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Mission to China

29 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Violence against women, its causes and consequences : report of the Special Rapporteur, Yakin Ertürk. Addendum: Visit to the Darfur region of the Sudan

23 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran

23 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Mission to Côte d'Ivoire

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

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Mission to El Salvador

20 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. Report by the Special Rapporteur, Miloon Kothari. Mission to Kenya

17 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Report on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography: Mission to Paraguay

9 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People: Mission to Canada

2 December 2004 | Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights | Document type: Mission Reports

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