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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).
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 .
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 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, which was created jointly by the city and the county fiscal court in 1967, represents those who have experienced discrimination in ...
Promoting and educating about human rights may involve informing the public about the commission's functions and purposes, sparking discussions on important human rights issues, organizing seminars, providing counseling services and meetings, as well as creating and distributing human rights publications. [10]
The Commission on Human Rights entrusted the Working Group with the following mandate: To investigate cases of detention imposed arbitrarily in individual cases To complete field missions in order to receive information from Government and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and receive information from the individuals ...
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is a treaty body of human rights experts that monitors implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture by state parties. . The committee is one of eight UN-linked human rights treaty bod
The Commission's full ("A status") accreditation has allowed it special access to the United Nations human rights system, including speaking rights at the Human Rights Council and other committees. The Commission has been able to present parallel reports ("shadow reports") to UN treaty committees examining Australia's compliance with ...