Back لجنة الأمم المتحدة المتصلة بحقوق الإنسان Arabic Камісія па правах чалавека ААН Byelorussian Comissió de Drets Humans de les Nacions Unides Catalan Komise OSN pro lidská práva Czech Comisiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawliau Dynol Welsh FN's menneskerettighedskommission Danish Menschenrechtskommission der Vereinten Nationen German Comisión de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas Spanish ÜRO Inimõiguste Komisjon Estonian کمیسیون حقوق بشر سازمان ملل متحد Persian
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006. It was a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and was also assisted in its work by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR).
It was the UN's principal mechanism and international forum concerned with the promotion and protection of human rights. The UNCHR successfully introduced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.[1] The body's reputation became controversial over time, as many observers saw it as highly politicized and vulnerable to outside pressure.[1][2][3] Scholars have found that states with a poor human rights record were more likely to be elected to the body than countries with good records.[1][4]
On March 15, 2006, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to replace UNCHR with the UN Human Rights Council.[5]
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