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The Human Rights Council is a UN body of 47 States that promotes and protects all human rights worldwide. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva and discusses thematic and situational issues throughout the year. Final, adopted resolutions, decisions and President’s statements are stored in the United Nations Official Document System (ODS). They are findable through their symbol numbers. In parallel, many other sites and libraries provide access to these adopted texts as well as to a variety of associated information. War crimes, racism, arbitrary detention and rape as a weapon of war: these just a few of the pressing international issues over which the UN Human Rights Council deliberates. Learn about the UN body that promotes and protects human rights worldwide and addresses situations of violations. See photos of the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room, where the Council frequently meets.
