The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is an intergovernmental body established by the General Assembly in March 2006 to address human rights concerns and to make recommendations to the General Assembly. The HRC is comprised of 47 member states that are elected by the UN General Assembly.
The Human Rights Council is guided by four main tools to address human rights globally. These are the Universal Periodic Review, the Advisory Committee, the Complaints Procedure, and the UN Special Procedures.
Archived video clips from the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council held in March 2014. Also watch the statement by the Special Rapporteur presenting his March 2014 report at the Council and Iran's ...
The Human Rights Council established the mandate for a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran with resolution A/HRC/RES/16/9 in March 2011. Human Rights Council, 16th Session April 8th, 2011 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*, 16/9 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) submitted its report for the seventh UPR session on 25 November 2009 containing information compiled from the reports of treaty bodies, special procedures, including observations and comments by the State concerned, and other relevant official United Nations documents. Download ...
The United Nations Human Rights Council today renewed the mandate for the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran by a vote of 21 for, 9 against, with 16 abstentions. View the introduction of the resolution by Sweden, with country responses and announcement of the vote below. ...
Full report PDF - 21 August 2013 - This report contains the findings of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, and illustrates that there is a strong link between violence against women and women’s incarceration, whether prior to, during or after ...
