UN Commission on Human Rights

Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission on Human Rights was slated to be abolished on 16 June 2006 with the conclusion of its sixty-second session and pursuant to General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/251 establishing the Human Rights Council. The Commission on Human Rights for decades was considered to be the central architect of the work of the United Nations in the field of human rights. Delegates from its 53 member States, together with those of observer States and non-governmental organizations, met in March/April of each year in regular sessions in Geneva, though special sessions were sometimes held at other times to deal with urgent and acute human rights situations. It was assisted in this work by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a number of working groups and a network of individual experts, representatives and special rapporteurs mandated to report to it on specific issues or countries. At its regular sessions, the Commission adopted resolutions, decisions and statements on matters of relevance to individuals in all regions and circumstances. Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr

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	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Leandro Despouy : addendum : situation in specific countries or territories	27 March 2006
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights \| Document type: Country Reports
	Report on the independence of judges and lawyers: Addendum, Mission to Kyrgyzstan	30 December 2005
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights \| Document type: Mission Reports
	Effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural right, Mission to Kyrgyzstan	20 January 2005
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights \| Document type: Mission Reports
	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Addendum - Mission to Kyrgyzstan (30 July-4 August 2001)	12 March 2002
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights \| Document type: Mission Reports
	Civil and political rights, including questions of torture and detention: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention	9 November 2000
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights \| Document type: Sessional Reports
	Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment : report of the Special Rapporteur, Nigel S. Rodley, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/32	12 January 1995
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Commission on Human Rights \| Document type: Thematic Reports