United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Commission des Nations Unies des droits de l'homme
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Founded
1946
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Mandate: formulate an international bill of rights; formulate recommendations for an international declaration or convention on such matters as civil liberties, status of women and freedom of information; protection of minorities; prevention of discrimination on grounds of race, sex, language or religion; any other matter concerning human rights not covered by the above items.
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Observer to: B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM). Links with: E-XE7981 - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR); T-XT7370 - International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid; F-XF4580 - International Criminal Court (ICC); E-XE4327 - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII); E-XE1126 - United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD); T-XT9010 - United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Persuant to Article 71 of the United Nations Charter and ECOSOC Resolution 1996/31, formal contacts with a number of NGOs, many of which act as observers. Links include:
- C-XD0058 - Anti-Slavery International;
- C-XD1215 - Association internationale pour la défense de la liberté religieuse (AIDLR);
- U-XE2693 - Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE);
- F-XF0266 - Centrist Democrat International (CDI);
- F-XF1491 - Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW);
- E-XE2981 - Comisión Juridica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos (CAPAJ);
- U-XE1569 - Comisión Latinoamericana por los Derechos y Libertades de los Trabajadores y los Pueblos (CLADEHLT);
- G-XG4070 - Earthjustice;
- D-XD0354 - Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM);
- D-XD4959 - Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ);
- G-XN3691 - Food not Bombs (FNB);
- U-XF0795 - Human Rights Fund for Indigenous Peoples (HRFIP);
- B-XB2832 - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU);
- F-XF2640 - International Alliance of the Indigenous Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests (IAITPTF);
- D-XD4118 - International Association for Democracy in Africa;
- E-XE3348 - International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI);
- E-XE2212 - International Commission for the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples (ICRA International);
- B-XB4416 - International Council for Adult Education (ICAE);
- B-XB2041 - International Federation of Women in Legal Careers (IFWLC);
- F-XC2050 - International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR);
- F-XF5418 - International Indian Treaty Council (IITC);
- C-XC4269 - International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL);
- E-XE3325 - International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies (IINS);
- U-XB2205 - International League for Human Rights (ILHR);
- F-XF0708 - The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR);
- C-XC0074 - International Organization for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education;
- F-XB2375 - International Press Institute (IPI);
- G-XG2845 - Magnus Hirschfield Center for Human Rights;
- F-XF0172 - Minority Rights Group International (MRG);
- C-XC4378 - Muslim World League (MWL);
- E-XE3149 - NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, New York NY;
- F-XC3084 - Pax Christi - International Catholic Peace Movement;
- U-XG5965 - Poznan Human Rights Centre;
- B-XB3245 - Soroptimist International (SI);
- F-XF5445 - South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS);
- U-XG2620 - Tribus sans Frontières (TSF);
- F-XF1794 - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO).
Links indicated by: G-XG4467 - International Association IUS Primi Viri.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
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XE1127
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