The Human Rights Council is a UN forum that discusses and acts on human rights issues and situations around the world. It has 47 Member States, adopts resolutions, appoints Special Procedures, and holds commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions. United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is responsible for promotion and protection of human rights. The Human Rights Council and its mechanisms (particularly the special procedures), as well as the human rights treaty body mechanisms, have contributed to the implementation of the responsibility ... Publications The UN Human Rights Office produces an extensive range of publications on a variety of topics related to human rights, for governments, national institutions, civil society, the general public and the media View all