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UN Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. The Council was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
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Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues at its fifth session: implementing the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities: identifying positive practices and opportunities (27 and 28 November 2012)

28 December 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Technical assistance to Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

20 December 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

25 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

25 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group to Consider the Possibility of Elaborating an International Regulatory Framework on the Regulation, Monitoring and Oversight of the Activities of Private Military and Security Companies : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

22 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Situation of human rights in the Republic of Mali : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

19 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The human rights of migrants: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

17 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

17 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Human rights and indigenous peoples : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

11 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association : draft resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council

11 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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