United Nations Human Rights Council
GPTKB entity
Statements (100)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Human_Rights
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| gptkbp:annual_report |
to the General Assembly
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| gptkbp:collaborates_with |
Non-Governmental Organizations
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| gptkbp:collaboration |
with NGOs
with regional organizations with UN agencies |
| gptkbp:committee |
composed of 18 experts
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| gptkbp:complaint_procedure |
for individual cases
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| gptkbp:criticism |
lack of enforcement power
accusations of bias ineffectiveness in addressing human rights abuses overrepresentation of certain countries political motivations in resolutions |
| gptkbp:election_of_members |
by the General Assembly
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| gptkbp:election_year |
every year
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| gptkbp:engages_in |
civil society
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| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:2006
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| gptkbp:established_in |
gptkb:2006
gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly |
| gptkbp:focus_area |
gptkb:freedom_of_assembly
gptkb:freedom_of_expression LGBTQ+ rights discrimination right to a fair trial women's rights right to work right to seek asylum children's rights right to privacy minority rights torture right to education right to an adequate standard of living right to health refugee rights human rights defenders economic, social and cultural rights business and human rights right to social security right to freedom from discrimination right to participate in cultural life right to housing indigenous peoples' rights climate change and human rights right to development right to food right to water torture prevention right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion right to freedom of opinion and expression right to peaceful assembly and association right to privacy and family life right to freedom from torture and inhumane treatment |
| gptkbp:formed |
gptkb:2006
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| gptkbp:function |
promote and protect human rights
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| gptkbp:has_meetings |
three times a year
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| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Geneva,_Switzerland
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
United Nations Human Rights Council
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| gptkbp:initiatives |
thematic issues
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| gptkbp:investigative_mechanisms |
for human rights violations
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| gptkbp:is_adopted_by |
gptkb:Declaration_on_Human_Rights
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| gptkbp:mandates |
address human rights violations
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| gptkbp:membership |
47 member states
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| gptkbp:operates_under |
International human rights law
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| gptkbp:oversees |
Universal Periodic Review
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| gptkbp:parent_organization |
gptkb:United_Nations
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| gptkbp:part_of |
gptkb:United_Nations
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| gptkbp:president |
rotating presidency
rotates annually |
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Asia-Pacific_Group
Latin American and Caribbean Group Eastern European Group African Group Western European and Others Group |
| gptkbp:reports_to |
Universal Periodic Review
to the General Assembly |
| gptkbp:resolution |
non-binding
adopted by majority vote A/ HRC/ RES/5/1 |
| gptkbp:reviews |
human rights situations
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| gptkbp:session |
three sessions per year
up to 10 weeks per year held in response to urgent human rights situations |
| gptkbp:special_procedures |
gptkb:Special_Rapporteurs
independent experts |
| gptkbp:special_rapporteurs |
appointed for specific issues
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| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights
gptkb:Commission_on_Human_Rights |
| gptkbp:support |
for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
for the Convention on the Rights of the Child for the International Criminal Court for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| gptkbp:suspended_members |
can be reinstated
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| gptkbp:universal_periodic_review |
mechanism for assessing human rights
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| gptkbp:website |
www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Department_of_Defense
gptkb:United_Nations gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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