United Nations Human Rights Council
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The United Nations Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the UN system responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the world through dialogue, monitoring, and recommendations.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Human Rights Council Context triple: [Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, supportsBody, United Nations Human Rights Council]
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A.
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.
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B.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
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C.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
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D.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
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E.
United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Human Rights Council Target entity description: The United Nations Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the UN system responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the world through dialogue, monitoring, and recommendations.
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A.
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.
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B.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
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C.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
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E.
United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations body
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human rights institution ⓘ intergovernmental organization body ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
United Nations Human Rights Council
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
UNHRC
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| alsoKnownAs |
United Nations Human Rights Council
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surface form:
Human Rights Council
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| canAdopt | resolutions on human rights situations ⓘ |
| canEstablish | international commissions of inquiry ⓘ |
| convenes |
regular sessions
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special sessions ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfEstablishment | 2006-03-15 ⓘ |
| foundingResolution |
United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251
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surface form:
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251
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| hasMandate | mainstreaming human rights throughout the UN system ⓘ |
| hasProcedure |
Complaint Procedure
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Special Procedures ⓘ Universal Periodic Review mechanism ⓘ
surface form:
Universal Periodic Review
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| headquartersLocation |
Geneva
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Palais des Nations ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Charter of the United Nations ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
addressing situations of human rights violations
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making recommendations on human rights ⓘ promotion of human rights ⓘ protection of human rights ⓘ |
| maximumConsecutiveTerms | 2 ⓘ |
| membershipType |
Member States of the United Nations
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surface form:
UN Member States
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| monitors | compliance with international human rights obligations ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 47 ⓘ |
| numberOfRegularSessionsPerYear | 3 ⓘ |
| oversees |
Independent Experts
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Special Rapporteurs ⓘ United Nations working groups ⓘ
surface form:
Working Groups on human rights
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| parentOrganization | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| replaced | United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ |
| reportsTo | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | elected by United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| sessionLocation | Geneva ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | 2006-06-19 ⓘ |
| termLengthOfMembers | 3 years ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | intergovernmental body ⓘ |
| votingRequirement | absolute majority of General Assembly members ⓘ |
| votingSystem | secret ballot ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ohchr.org/hr-bodies/hrc ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: United Nations Human Rights Council Description of subject: The United Nations Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the UN system responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the world through dialogue, monitoring, and recommendations.
Referenced by (70)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Human Rights Council Bureau
this entity surface form:
United Nations Human Rights Council website
Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
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parentOrganization
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United Nations Human Rights Council
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Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders (resolution 5/2)
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adoptedBy
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United Nations Human Rights Council
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Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders (resolution 5/2)
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body
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United Nations Human Rights Council
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this entity surface form:
Human Rights Council
Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders (resolution 5/2)
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monitoredBy
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United Nations Human Rights Council
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this entity surface form:
Human Rights Council
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
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reportsTo
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United Nations Human Rights Council
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this entity surface form:
United Nations human rights inquiries
subject surface form:
United Nations human rights mechanisms
this entity surface form:
Human Rights Council
United Nations fact-finding mission on Myanmar
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mandateFrom
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United Nations Human Rights Council
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