NOUN
- the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights
How To Use Commission on Human Rights In A Sentence
- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States has docketed Igartua, et al.v. United States of America (P-776-06) and Rossello, et al.v. United States of America (P-1105-06) as violations of human rights for the disenfranchisement of "four million American citizens". Puerto Rico voting ban lands USA in international court: 6th in a 21st Century American Colonies series
- On 18 April, the UN Commission on Human Rights decided at its 56th Session to take no action on the U.S.-sponsored draft resolution on the so-called "Human Right Situation in China".
- The U.N. Commission on Human Rights first decided to appoint a special rapporteur to examine questions relevant to torture in 1985.
- Nonetheless, Amnesty International believes that the adoption of the draft resolution is a first and crucial step to create a stronger and more authoritative body than the Commission on Human Rights.
- Unfortunately, the current Commission on Human Rights, where countries with records of serious human rights abuses like Zimbabwe and Cuba sit in judgment of democratic countries, has lost credibility.
