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Commission on Human
Rights
The United
Nations Commission on Human Rights, composed of 53 States, meets
each year in regular session in
March/April for six weeks in Geneva. Over 3,000 delegates from member and
observer States and from non-governmental organizations
participate.
The
Commission can also meet exceptionally between its regular sessions in special
session, provided that a majority of States members of the Commission
so agree, mindful of the need for the Commission on Human Rights to deal
with urgent and acute human rights situations in the most expeditious way.
During its regular annual session, the Commission adopts about a
hundred resolutions, decisions and Chairperson's statements on matters of
relevance to individuals in all regions and circumstances. It is 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 rapporteurs
mandated to report to it on specific issues.
Procedures and mechanisms
Commission on
Human Rights procedures and mechanisms are mandated to examine, monitor
and publicly report either on human rights situations in specific
countries or territories (known as country mechanisms or
mandates) or on major phenomena of human rights violations worldwide
(known as thematic
mechanisms or mandates). These procedures and mechanisms are
collectively referred to as the Special Procedures of the Commission on
Human Rights.
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- Main
Themes
- Working
Groups
- Standard-setting and
Implementation
- Advisory Services and
Technical Cooperation
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