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United Nations Human Rights Council

United Nations body tasked with the promotion of human rights
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Summary

United Nations Human Rights Council is a council[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of council entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,384 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: civil and political rights[3], International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights[4], human rights[5]
  • Instance of: organization established by the United Nations[6]
  • Headquarters location: Geneva[7]
  • Child organization or unit: Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls[8], UN-Sonderberichterstatter zu Russland[9]
  • Part of: United Nations System[10], United Nations General Assembly[11]
  • Commons category: United Nations Human Rights Council[12]
  • Inception: March 15, 2006[13]
  • Official website: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/home[14], https://www.ohchr.org/fr/hrbodies/hrc/home[15], https://www.ohchr.org/es/hrbodies/hrc/home[16], https://www.ohchr.org/ru/hrbodies/hrc/home[17], https://www.ohchr.org/ar/hrbodies/hrc/home[18], https://www.ohchr.org/zh/hrbodies/hrc/home[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:United Nations Human Rights Council[20]
  • Described at URL: https://www.hrw.org/topic/united-nations/human-rights-council[21]
  • Director / manager: Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro[22]
  • Number of seats: 47[23]
  • Replaces: United Nations Commission on Human Rights[24]
  • Native label: United Nations Human Rights Council[25]
  • Different from: United Nations Commission on Human Rights[26], Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights[27], United Nations Human Rights Committee[28], Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees[29]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[30], WikiForHumanRights 2019[31]
  • Social media followers: 259,321[32], 227,595[33], 529,532[34], 5010[35], 713,512[36], 6310[37], 7400[38], 9200[39], 12,500[40], 13,800[41], 16,000[42], 25,000[43]

Why It Matters

United Nations Human Rights Council has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Amal Clooney human rights Jean Ziegler United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . ohchr.org. Retrieved . ohchr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ohchr.org. Retrieved . ohchr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . ohchr.org. Retrieved . ohchr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . list of members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · ~2026-45050-23 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14829 → un-human-rights-council
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  2. 11w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → United Nations System, United Nations General Assembly
    Different from → United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Committee +1
    Official website → https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/home, https://www.ohchr.org/fr/hrbodies/hrc/home, https://www.ohchr.org/es/hrbodies/hrc/home +3
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