• The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a treaty body composed of 18 experts, established by a 1966 human rights treaty, the International Covenant...
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  • United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights...
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    Secretary-General, 2007 The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world...
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    Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly...
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  • The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were instituted by United Nations General Assembly in 1966. They are intended to "honour and commend...
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    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets...
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    Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Compliance with the ICCPR is monitored by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which reviews regular...
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  • Declaration of Human Rights was drafted between early 1947 and late 1948 by a committee formed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Further discussion...
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    religious literature at a train station in Dashoguz. The United Nations Human Rights Committee has indicated that Jehovah's Witness in Turkmenistan have...
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    LGBT rights at the United Nations have included resolutions and joint statements in the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights...
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  • In the United States, human rights comprise a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly the...
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  • The human rights record of North Korea is often considered to be among the worst in the world and has been globally condemned, with the United Nations and...
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    The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a body of experts that monitor and report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on...
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  • Rural Areas) is an UNGA resolution on human rights with "universal understanding", adopted by the United Nations in 2018. The resolution was passed by...
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  • punishment." The United Nations Human Rights Committee has also interpreted Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibiting...
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    feminist agenda" while there. Cecilia Medina was part of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in 1995 and so may have influenced the speech.[citation...
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    Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom. An integral part of the UK constitution...
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    Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's...
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  • International human rights organizations, along with the United Nations, and the United States Department of State, have reported human rights violations...
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  • services of UN bodies such as the United Nations Department of Public Information and the United Nations Human Rights Committee. At a convention of Bible Students...
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    led to condemnation by many human rights bodies including the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In 2015 the Canadian government...
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    main committees at the General Assembly of the United Nations. It deals with human rights, humanitarian affairs and social matters. The Third Committee meets...
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  • The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It...
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    suffrage United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Committee United Nations Human Rights Council United States Bill...
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    Bill of Human Rights was the name given to UN General Assembly Resolution 217 (III) and two international treaties established by the United Nations. It consists...
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  • role in this region, including the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People. The UN has sponsored...
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