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UN Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. The Council was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/

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	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	26 January 2011
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, Addendum : Written submissions by Governments to the questionnaire of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights related to the study on good practices on legal and institutional frameworks and measures that ensure respect for human rights by intelligence agencies while countering terrorism, including on their oversight, prepared by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism	26 May 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members : report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	23 February 2009
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports

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