United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)Chairs: Gabriella LoConte and Kathrina Morozewicz (amun2012.unhrc@gmail.com)
Thank you for choosing the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for AMUN. The UNHRC is the successor to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR, herein CHR), and is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly officially created UNHRC on March 15, 2006. Whether you are representing a P5 nation, one that has recently emerged from civil war or one who’s technology sector has sky-rocketed in the past decade, we guarantee you all an awesome time debating topics that all countries, whether large or small, can identify with. What makes UNHRC different from other UN bodies is the fact that it focuses on an idea that unites every nation on the globe, human rights. With NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch playing a larger role in politics today, various facets in human rights have surfaced. Treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, refugees in Iraq and Iran, and human trafficking have all become phrases attenuated to the global vernacular.
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