Traduction de «CHR » (Anglais → Français) :

24. Supports the replacement of the Commission on Human Rights with a reduced standing Council on Human Rights directly elected by the General Assembly – which, when electing members to serve in that body, should choose countries that respect human rights most scrupulously – with a strengthened majority, which will give it greater democratic legitimacy and political authority; supports the incorporation into the working methods of the UNCHR of a ‘peer review’ mechanism which would allow for each country to be subject, on a regular basis, to a human rights assessment; supports the idea of linking accession to the CHR to the obligation f ...[+++]or a member state to issue a standing invitation to the UN mechanisms and procedures; considers that it is of utmost importance to reinforce the role of independent NGOs within the CHR and that their participation requires a reform of the Committee of NGOs;

In general, particularly during informal talks on the reform of the Commission on Human Rights, the European Union underlined the importance of the special mechanisms developed in the CHR framework over the years and expressed the wish that all States which are members of the United Nations should cooperate fully with the special rapporteurs, special representatives, independent experts and CHR working parties.

The countries of the European Union are determined to play a major role within the CHR; they submitted and co-sponsored – either as a Union or nationally – around fifty of the 103 resolutions and decisions adopted at the 61st CHR.

In the statement on the CHR preparations delivered on behalf of the Commission to Parliament last year, Commissioner Nielson noted that Eleanor Roosevelt, the first Chairman of the CHR in 1946, would be turning in her grave at the election of a Libyan Chair.

In the statement on the CHR preparations delivered on behalf of the Commission to Parliament last year, Commissioner Nielson noted that Eleanor Roosevelt, the first Chairman of the CHR in 1946, would be turning in her grave at the election of a Libyan Chair.

The fact that the EU lost the vote on its draft resolution on the human rights situation in Iran at the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in spring this year did have the effect that the mandate of the UN Special Representative for that country came to an end. However, it should be noted that the Iranian Government had in any event never extended an invitation to the UN Special Representative to visit (this was one of the matters on which the EU had intended to express concern through its draft resolution).