United Nations Commission on Human Rights

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations commission ⓘ
defunct international organization body ⓘ
intergovernmental organization body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs UN 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 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Canton of Geneva ⓘ
linked to: canton of Geneva
meetingFrequency annual ⓘ
meetingLocation Geneva ⓘ
Palais des Nations ⓘ
memberOf United Nations Charter-based human rights bodies ⓘ
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) ⓘ
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) ⓘ

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights → draftedBy → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
My Day → associatedWith → United Nations Human Rights Commission ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights → reportsTo → United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Charles Malik → memberOf → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Peng Chun Chang → memberOf → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations Commission on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → UN Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
United Nations Human Rights Council → replaced → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations human rights system → includesBody → Commission on Human Rights (historical) ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 → replaces → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
UNCHR → standsFor → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations Commission on Human Rights → shortName → UN Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
subject linked to: UNCHR
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Special Procedures → establishedBy → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Special Rapporteur → appointedBy → former United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
subject linked to: Special Rapporteurs
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Geraldine Ferraro → appointed to → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Commission on the Status of Women → cooperatesWith → Commission on Human Rights and its successor bodies ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council → predecessor → Commission on Human Rights special procedures ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances → createdBy → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Paris Principles → adoptedBy → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations Whitaker Report → presentedTo → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Resolution 20 (XXXVI) of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights → adoptedBy → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
WGEID → establishedBy → United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ