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The United Nations system
The United Nations system related to human rights protection includes: the Human Rights Council the treaty-based bodies You can click on the links above to discover how the Human Rights Council and treaty-based bodies work in general and what has …
The United Nations treaty-based bodies
Human Rights Committee Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee Against Torture Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee on the Rights of the Child Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Committee on Migrant on the …
The United Nations Special Procedures – General Introduction
The term “special procedures” has been developed in light of the practice of the Commission on Human Rights, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council (HRC) to describe a range of procedures established …
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The Universal Periodic Review – General Introduction
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process which involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all UN Member States and was created through the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 by resolution 60/251 (UNGA Resolution …
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The Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council (HRC) is an inter-governmental body whose aim is to promote and protect human rights within the United Nations (UN) system. It replaced the former Commission on Human Rights in 2006 when the General Assembly adopted the …