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A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights. The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as national human rights institutions or (usually temporary) truth and reconciliation commissions .
receiving, investigating and resolving human rights complaints; providing human rights education and publicity for all sections of society (particularly minority groups such as refugees) monitoring the human rights situation in the state and its subsequent actions
The ICCPR states the basic rules for the membership of the Human Rights Committee. Article 28 of the ICCPR states that the Committee is composed of 18 members from states parties to the ICCPR, "who shall be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights", with consideration "to the usefulness of the participation of some persons having legal experience."
The Council was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 March 2006 [c] to replace the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR, herein CHR). [9] The Council works closely with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and engages the United Nations special procedures. The Council has been strongly ...
Eleanor Roosevelt at United Nations for Human Rights Commission meeting in Lake Success, New York, in 1947. The UNHRC was established in 1946 by ECOSOC, and was one of the first two "Functional Commissions" set up within the early UN structure (the other being the Commission on the Status of Women).
UNHCHR: Individual Complaint Procedures under the United Nations Human Rights Treaties Fact Sheet No.7/Rev.2, pdf. 20 S. UNHCHR: A Handbook for Civil Society Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme, New York und Genf, 2008, engl., pdf. 206 S. UNHCHR: Handbook for Human Rights Treaty Body Members New York und Genf, 2015, engl ...
A status NHRIs are also afforded enhanced recognition and access by the UN to its human rights mechanisms in their own right, giving the SCA an exceptional status within the UN framework. This includes speaking rights before the Human Rights Council under Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21, UN Doc A/HRC/RES/16/21 (12 April 2011).
The commission, by law, provides a recommendation to the data controllers for preventing violations of human rights and freedoms to collecting, processing, and using sensitive personal data, and in addition, oversees concerns about the placement and use of audio, video, and audiovisual equipment and receives, inquiries, and resolves complaints ...