United Nations Commission on Human Rights

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United Nations commission defunct international organization body intergovernmental organization body

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations Commission on Human Rights canonical	14
UN Commission on Human Rights	2
Commission on Human Rights (historical)	1
Commission on Human Rights and its successor bodies	1
Commission on Human Rights special procedures	1
United Nations Human Rights Commission	1
United Nations Human Rights Council	1
former United Nations Commission on Human Rights	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T47413 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Context triple: [United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, organizationRepresented, United Nations Commission on Human Rights]

A. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
B. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
C. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
D. Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
E. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Target entity description: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.

A. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
B. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
C. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
D. Inter-American Commission of Women
The Inter-American Commission of Women is a specialized body within the inter-American system dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality across the Americas.
E. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations commission ⓘ defunct international organization body ⓘ intergovernmental organization body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UN Commission on Human Rights ⓘ linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
appliesToJurisdiction	world ⓘ
composition	member states elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
contributedTo	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ core UN human rights treaties ⓘ development of thematic human rights mechanisms ⓘ
country	United Nations ⓘ
created	country-specific special rapporteur mandates ⓘ special procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ thematic special rapporteur mandates ⓘ
dissolved	2006 ⓘ
drafted	Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
fieldOfWork	United Nations Charter-based mechanisms ⓘ human rights ⓘ international law ⓘ
formedBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council resolution ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	ECOSOC resolutions ⓘ United Nations Charter ⓘ linked to: Charter of the United Nations
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Canton of Geneva ⓘ linked to: canton of Geneva
meetingFrequency	annual ⓘ
meetingLocation	Geneva ⓘ Palais des Nations ⓘ
memberOf	United Nations Charter-based human rights bodies ⓘ linked to: United Nations Human Rights Council
notableChairperson	Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ
numberOfMembers	53 ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
partOf	United Nations human rights system ⓘ
reasonForReplacement	concerns about politicization and selectivity ⓘ
replacedBy	United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
reportedTo	United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ United Nations General Assembly (through ECOSOC) ⓘ linked to: United Nations General Assembly
scope	development of international human rights standards ⓘ promotion of human rights ⓘ protection of human rights ⓘ
selectionProcess	election by United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
shortName	UNCHR ⓘ
subordinateTo	United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/ (historical information archived) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights → organizationRepresented → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Universal Declaration of Human Rights → draftedBy → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

My Day → associatedWith → United Nations Human Rights Commission ⓘ