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  2. United Nations Human Rights Council - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Human Rights Council ( UNHRC) [a] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. [3] The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. [4] The headquarters of the Council are at the United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland .

  3. National Human Rights Commission (Mexico) - Wikipedia

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    The National Human Rights Commission ( Spanish: Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos; CNDH) is the national human rights institution (NHRI) accredited at the United Nations with "A" status by the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs (the ICC). It is also a voting member of the International Ombudsman Institute (the IOI), and its ...

  4. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...

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    The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [a] ( OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the United Nations ...

  5. Ciudadanos en Apoyo a los Derechos Humanos - Wikipedia

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    Ciudadanos en Apoyo a los Derechos Humanos, A.C. (CADHAC), also known in English as Citizens in Support of Human Rights, is a Mexican non-governmental organization founded in 1993 based in Monterrey, Nuevo León by Consuelo Morales Elizondo. Its main objective is the promotion and defense of human rights in the state of Nuevo León and northern ...

  6. United Nations Commission on Human Rights - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Commission on Human Rights ( UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006. It was a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and was also assisted in its work by the Office of the ...

  7. Three generations of human rights - Wikipedia

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    Vasak's theories have primarily taken root in European law. In a speech two years later, his divisions follow the three watchwords of the French Revolution: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. [2] The three generations are reflected in some of the rubrics of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. [citation needed]

  8. Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos - Wikipedia

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    Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos MEXICANOS (English: Mexican Academy of Human Rights) is a human rights group based in Mexico.According to its website, the Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos is a non governmental, independent and plural organization founded in 1984 that has contributed in an active manner to the creation of a vigorous pro-human rights movement in Mexico.

  9. Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Wikipedia

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    The Universal Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly as UN Resolution A/RES/217(III)[A] on 10 December 1948 in Palais de Chaillot, Paris. [45] [b] Of the 58 United Nations members at the time, [46] 48 voted in favour, none against, eight abstained , [47] [48] and Honduras and Yemen failed to vote or abstain.