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	United Nations Commission on Human Rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and is also assisted in its work by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
		The Commission on Human Rights aims to examine, monitor and publicly report on human rights situations in specific countries or territories (known as country mechanisms or mandates) as well as on major phenomena of human rights violations worldwide (known as thematic mechanisms or mandates).
		In 1977, the commission formed a “Sub-Commission to study, with a view to formulating guidelines, if possible, the question of the protection of those detained on the grounds of mental ill-health against treatment that might adversely affect the human personality and its physical and intellectual integrity”.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UN_Commission_on_Human_Rights (998 words)

	UNHCR - Fiftieth Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		As I mentioned in my address to the Commission last year, human rights violations are a major factor in causing the flight of refugees as well as an obstacle to their safe and voluntary return home.
		It is linked both to the human right to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution, and to the rights to life and to freedom from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
		It may be useful for the Commission to examine and address, through the various mechanisms at its disposal, human rights situations in countries of origin that have or threaten to give rise to coerced displacement of people.
	www.unhcr.ch /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=ADMIN&id=3ae68fac16&page=ADMIN (2683 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights wrap up - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson earlier called on the Commission to ensure that counter-terrorist measures were not used as a pretext for suppression.
		If the Commission is to live up to its role as the UN's primary human rights body it must consider human rights on their merits rather than protect the narrow self-interests of the governments that make up the Commission.
		The Commission also adopted a Chairperson statement on the human rights situation in Colombia which supports the extension of the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bogota and urges the Colombian Government to further develop their cooperation with the Office.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGIOR410152002?open&of=ENG-393 (1675 words)

	U.S. Delegation to the Commission on Human Rights
		U.S. Delegation to the Commission on Human Rights
		The UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was created in 1946 as a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
		The Commission has the authority to create mandates for special rapporteurs to investigate specific countries' human rights situations as well as particular "thematic" issues such as disappearances, torture, summary or arbitrary executions, arbitrary detention, religious intolerance, and violence against women.
	www.humanrights-usa.net /commission.html (247 words)

	1997 UN Commission on Human Rights - 50 years old (1997)
		All too often the Commission's inadequate response is a direct result of an over emphasis on consensus decision-making [2] resulting in consensus resolutions which do not reflect the seriousness of a particular human rights situation as reported by the human rights mechanisms, treaty bodies and other reliable sources.
		A principal function of the Commission is to monitor both the implementation and the violations of human rights standards.
		In addressing current human rights challenges the Commission needs to refine and develop procedures and mechanisms which will be effective in reducing the level of violations and at the same time promote a culture of human rights in a particular country.
	www.amnesty.org /ailib/intcam/unchr50/tab.htm (2861 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Briefing to the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
		If the human rights situation in a given country is serious, the Commission may adopt a critical resolution and/or appoint an independent investigator known as a Special Rapporteur to investigate and report on violations.
		The Commission on Human Rights should adopt a resolution on the situation in Liberia, condemning ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by all factions; urging transitional authorities in Liberia to desist from granting a general amnesty and to ensure justice and accountability for abuses committed during Liberia’s internal conflict.
		The Commission on Human Rights should adopt a resolution affirming that human rights cannot be denied on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
	hrw.org /un/unchr60.htm (1050 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights: Where is the reform agenda? - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The UN's main human rights body has demonstrated an incapacity and unwillingness to address serious human rights violations, said Amnesty International today as the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights drew to a close.
		Discussion of the human rights situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories continued to be dominated by political considerations.
		The Commission's complete lack of engagement with the human rights situation in Iraq was a powerful example of its inability to address one of the starkest human rights situations of the day.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGIOR410262004?open&of=ENG-393 (875 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights: Time to act to protect human rights
		Her visit to Geneva, which coincides with the Commission's discussion of country situations, is intended to emphasize the need for the UN's human rights body to be able to effectively tackle such problems.
		"The Commission on Human Rights must act forcefully and decisively to reverse the human rights catastrophe unfolding in Nepal," declared Ms Khan as she called on the Commission to adopt a strong resolution establishing a Special Rapporteur on Nepal and ensuring a strong international human rights monitoring presence in the country.
		Ms Khan cautioned that human rights standards are being undermined by the measures taken by governments in the context of the "war on terror".
	www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=80256DD400782B8480256FD300388C00 (709 words)

	Sri Lanka Accused at UN Commission on Human Rights - March 2000
		She cited the case of Anoja Weerasinghe, an actress whose house was attacked on 24 December 1999 and 2 January 2000 reportedly because of her political activities, including speaking in support of the United National Party and picketing peacefully in Veyangoda on 17 November 1999 to protest attacks against actors and actresses.
		In accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenants on Human Rights and the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, we remain deeply concerned with the plight of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
		It is evident from reports from various NGOs that the Sri Lankan military is responsible for the human rights violations of the Tamils and is viewed with fear and hatred by the Tamil population.
	www.tamilnation.org /unitednations/uncom00.htm (3438 words)

	UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
		The draft resolution draws the attention to a range of human rights violations occurring in Myanmar: civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
		The Commission deplores the deterioration of the human rights situation in Myanmar, the continued pattern of gross and systematic violations of human rights in Myanmar, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, enforced disappearances, rape, torture, inhuman treatment, mass arrest, forced labour, forced relocation and denial of freedom of assembly, association, expression and movement.
		The Commission also welcomes the initiation of contacts between the Government and Aung San Suu Kyi and hopes that such talks will be extended at an appropriate time to include inter alia representatives of ethnic minorities and thereby will facilitate broad-based and inclusive national reconciliation and restoration of democracy.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs/chr2001govts.htm (586 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1967 the commission was specifically authorized by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, with the encouragement of the General assembly, to start to investigate, report and deal with violations of human rights.
		In 1989, the General Assembly adopted a highly important document in the history of the Human Rights the Convention on the Rights of the Child that stated the rights to which each child in the world, independently of race, sex, religion, or beliefs, was entitled.
		They draw the Human Rights Covenant adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1966 as their backbone and proclaim the right of everyone to enjoy "the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health".
	students.washington.edu /wasmun/topics/rights.html (5471 words)

	U.N.: Setback on Human Rights Votes (Human Rights Watch, 16-4-2003)
		Briefing to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
		In a sudden and deeply disappointing shift in its approach, the United States decided not to co-sponsor a resolution on human rights violations in the Chechen conflict in Russia.
		Human Rights Watch has argued that, as a prerequisite for membership of the commission, governments should have ratified core human rights treaties, complied with their reporting obligations, issued open invitations to U.N. human rights experts and not have been condemned recently by the commission for human rights violations.
	www.hrw.org /press/2003/04/unchr041603.htm (642 words)

	Address to the UN Commission on Human Rights
		We believe the Commission on Human Rights has a solemn obligation to keep constantly in mind the suffering and the aspirations of the victims of the worst human rights abuses.
		The aspirations and concepts that underlie modern human rights doctrine are present in many of the world’s major cultural traditions.
		We want the Commission to be a forum where, despite the differences in our cultures, political systems, and national experience, we can work together to secure human rights for all.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/hr/unchr/18831.htm (1466 words)

	UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
		I usually take this floor at each session of the UN Commission on Human Rights since 1991 to present the case of 1990 general elections in Burma with the hope that the commission could help accelerate the process of democratization which is vital for the improvement of overall human rights situation in my country.
		I fully agree with the concluding remark of former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur, Judge Rajsoomer Lallah, who said, "The lack of respect to the rights pertaining to democratic governance is the root cause of various forms of human rights violations in Burma".
		A human rights committee was established a year ago by the regime in preparation for the establishment of a national human rights institution.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs/chr2001ngos.htm (15598 words)

	Ambassador Siv: Statement on Cuba’s Re-election to UN Commission on Human Rights, April 29, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Today the UN Economic and Social Council considered agreed slates from regional groups for election to the Commission on Human Rights.
		Its nomination to the Commission on Human Rights symbolizes the Commission’s regrettable decline in international prestige, relevance, and authority.
		While the Commission was in session this year, with Cuba sitting as a member, the Cuban authorities rounded up 78 opposition leaders, independent journalists, and librarians, held summary trials, and sent them to prison for terms of up to 28 years.
	www.un.int /usa/03_059.htm (334 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights:
		The language is a simple and clear recognition that lesbians, gays and bisexuals are seen as equal members of the human family and entitled to the human rights protection accorded to all human beings.
		The UN Human Rights Committee has affirmed that the non-discrimination guarantees of the ICCPR extend to the ground of sexual orientation, and treaty bodies and special procedures have consistently recognised sexual orientation issues within their respective mandates.
		Despite substantial progress towards recognition of the equal rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people both internationally and in countries around the world, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people are subject to persistent human rights violations because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.
	www.arc-international.net /brief.html (3340 words)

	Action Alert: UN Commission on Human Rights - March 11, 2002
		The Commission on Human Rights is the United Nations’ most prominent forum for discussions on the status of human rights around the world.
		“Human rights situation of the Lebanese detainees in Israel.” Israel is condemned for holding Hizbollah terrorists, while Israeli soldiers held hostage by Hizbollah are not mentioned.
		Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, (29-2-21)
	www.jewishpublicaffairs.org /action/recent/UNHCR-3-11-02.htm (4163 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights and Special Rapporteurs
		The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, comprised of 53 States, meets each year in regular session in March/April for six weeks in Geneva, Switzerland.
		Vienna World Conference on Human Rights: In 1993, the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights devoted particular attention to the question of gender inequality in the full enjoyment of human rights.
		The Conference clearly acknowledged that women's rights are human rights and that the human rights of women are an inalienable part of universal human rights and form an integral part of the human rights activities of the United Nations, including the promotion of all human rights instruments relating, directly or indirectly, to women.
	www.peacewomen.org /un/ecosoc/hrcommissionindex.html (351 words)

	Has the UN Commission on Human Rights Lost Its Course? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Having led a Congressional delegation to this year’s 57th session of the Commission on Human Rights, I was able to witness first-hand some of the trends that are undermining the integrity and effectiveness of the Commission and outlined them in my findings.
		They would add that linking of UN arrears to reforms in the Commission should, at the very least, be given due consideration, as the U.S. devises a strategy to address the problems plaguing the UN Commission on Human Rights.
		Another concern regarding the agenda of the Commission are efforts by members to divert attention from the universal rights which are the crux of the Commission.
	www.politicsol.com /guest-commentaries/2001-06-14.html (1179 words)

	UNOP: Agenda of the 2005 UN Commission On Human Rights
		Following is the agenda of the 2005 Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights that will be held in Geneva from March 14 to April 22, 2005.
		Follow-up is also done at the UN in New York in cooperation with the NGO Representative of Dominican Leadership Conference, Eileen Gannon OP.
		Provisional Agenda of the 2005 Session of the UN Commission On Human Rights in Geneva, March 14-April 22, 2005.
	un.op.org /news/article.php?id=652 (428 words)

	Scoop: UN Commission on Human Rights must reform
		All too often, Commission members have failed to implement the resolutions and decisions of the Commission, damaging its credibility and undermining its effectiveness," she added.
		Over the next six weeks the Commission is expected to consider the human rights situation in some 20 countries and address a range of thematic issues.
		Amnesty International is also calling on the Commission to take up the human rights situation in Nepal, which is experiencing the highest level of violence since 1996, and in the Sudan where fresh conflict in the Darfur region has affected tens of thousands of people.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0403/S00149.htm (977 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights,
		Indigenous Peoples' fundamental human right to freedom of religion, culture and spiritual practice continues to be under attack.
		The IITC and the Dineh resisters remind the members of the Commission on Human Rights and NGO Delegates that this situation is, now, beyond crucial.
		In light of such cases, which represent only a small percentage of total, the IITC calls upon the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to stand with Indigenous Peoples in our ongoing call for our internationally enshrined rights to freedom from racism and discrimination based on religion or belief be fully respected.
	www.blackmesais.org /commission_UN_56th.html (1452 words)

	CHR - 61st session, Geneva (14 March-22 April 2005)
		The United Nations Commission on Human Rights is the world’s foremost human rights forum.
		The Commission continues to set standards to govern the conduct of States, but it also acts as a forum where countries large and small, non-governmental groups and human rights defenders from around the world can voice their concerns.
		The Commission meets annually in Geneva in March and April for six weeks and is composed of 53 States members.
	www.ohchr.org /english/bodies/chr (238 words)

	UNOP: UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights: Pakistan's Discriminatory Laws Promote Intolerance and Extremism
		Dominicans for Justice and Peace, FI, and Pax Christi urged the Pakistani government to repeal all discriminatory laws, ratify and respect international human rights treaties, and allow the UN Rapporteur on Religious Freedom to visit minority communities in the country. Pakistan’s Catholic Bishops and religious orders signed on in support of the statement.
		The Sub-Commission is a group of 26 independent experts that operates as a “think tank” for the UN Commission on Human Rights.
		It will conclude its annual three-week session on 15 August by drafting recommendations for UN action on a host of specific human rights issues.
	un.op.org /news/article.php?id=185 (174 words)

	U.S. Election to the UN Commission on Human Rights
		The United States was again elected to the UN Commission on Human Rights today for the period 2003-2005.
		In this past session, the Commission failed to address gross violations of human rights in China, Chechnya, Iran and Zimbabwe.
		The Commission can and should support UN member states that work to uphold universal standards of human rights in their own region.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2002/9857.htm (286 words)

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