The United Nations System
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action in 1993 by which the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was established. And in 2006, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council for enforcement of international human rights law.
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