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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [a] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. [2] The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. [3] The headquarters of the Council are at the United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland.
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.
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."
Pages in category "United Nations Human Rights Committee members" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Trump had withdrawn the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council during his first administration, but former President Joe Biden rejoined the council. In 2023, U.S. funds accounted for nearly 30% ...
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.
Permanent Members Of the United Nations: 142. Romania: Cornel Feruță: 16 September 2022: Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations: 143. Russia: Vassily A. Nebenzia: 28 July 2017: Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations: 144. Rwanda: Ernest Rwamucyo: 7 December 2023: 145. Saint Kitts and Nevis: Mutryce ...
Other bodies, such as the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the United Nations Human Rights Council, also have set membership quotas for each regional group. The position of the President of the United Nations General Assembly rotates amongst the groups on a ten-year cycle (the current rule being that each regional group fills the ...