United Nations Commission on Human Rights

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United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt at United Nations for Human Rights Commission meeting in Lake Success, New York in 1947
Created1946
Commissioned byUnited Nations

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a human rights commission the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006. It's purpose was to promote the protection of human rights.

On March 15, 2006, the UN General Assembly voted to replace UNCHR with the UN Human Rights Council.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. "UN creates new human rights body". BBC. 15 March 2006.