United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251

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UN human rights resolution United Nations General Assembly resolution international legal instrument

United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 is the 2006 UN measure that established the Human Rights Council and overhauled the UN’s main intergovernmental human rights machinery.

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UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251 1
UNGA resolution 60/251 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UN human rights resolution ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolution ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedAt United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Headquarters, New York City
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 2006-03-15 ⓘ
basisFor institution-building package of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
callsFor mainstreaming of human rights throughout the United Nations system ⓘ
strengthening of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
universal periodic review of the fulfillment by each State of its human rights obligations and commitments ⓘ
category United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning human rights ⓘ
createsBodyFunction promotion and protection of all human rights ⓘ
createsBodyType intergovernmental body ⓘ
defines mandate of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
status of the United Nations Human Rights Council as a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly ⓘ
documentSymbol United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A/RES/60/251
establishes United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
universal periodic review mechanism in principle ⓘ
followedBy Human Rights Council institution-building package (resolution 5/1) ⓘ
fullName United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 self-link ⓘ
geographicScope worldwide ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus non-binding resolution of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
organ General Assembly ⓘ
providesFor election of Human Rights Council members by the General Assembly ⓘ
review of the status of the Human Rights Council within five years ⓘ
purpose to create a subsidiary body of the General Assembly responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms ⓘ
to strengthen the United Nations human rights system ⓘ
relatedTo Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations treaty bodies ⓘ
surface form: United Nations human rights treaty bodies

United Nations reform ⓘ
replaces United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
resolutionNumber 60/251 ⓘ
session 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
sets geographical distribution of seats on the Human Rights Council ⓘ
membership criteria for the Human Rights Council ⓘ
term limits for Human Rights Council members ⓘ
shortName United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UNGA resolution 60/251
subject United Nations human rights machinery reform ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
voteOutcome adopted ⓘ
voteType recorded vote ⓘ
yearOfAdoption 2006 ⓘ

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Universal Periodic Review mechanism → createdBy → United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 → documentSymbol → United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A/RES/60/251
United Nations Human Rights Council → foundingResolution → United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251
United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 → fullName → United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 self-link ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 → shortName → United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNGA resolution 60/251