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The UNHRC complaint procedure was established on 18 June 2007 (by UNHRC Resolution 5/1) [68] for reporting of consistent patterns of gross and reliably attested violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world and under any circumstances. The UNHRC set up two working groups for its Complaint Procedure:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2006.
Switzerland UNHRC U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in ...
Country Name Date of presentation of credentials (as of 18 September 2024 [1]) Former permanent representatives 1. Afghanistan: Naseer Ahmad Faiq: Chargé d'affaires, ad interim: Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations: 2. Albania: Suela Janina: 5 April 2024: Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations: 3 ...
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 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). It was a body created under the terms of the United Nations Charter (specifically, under Article 68) to which all UN member states are signatories.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. United Nations Watch Founded 1993 Type Non-governmental organization Location Geneva, Switzerland Fields UN monitoring, human rights advocacy Key people Alfred H. Moses, Chair ; Per Ahlmark, David A. Harris, Co-Chairs ; Hillel Neuer, Executive Director Morris B. Abram, Founder Website www.unwatch ...