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A '''human rights commission''', also known as a '''human relations commission''', is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect [[human rights]] especially for black South Africans. It has been criticized as having double standards. One standard  for black k South Africans and another white South Africans.

The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as [[national human rights institutions]] or (usually temporary) [[truth and reconciliation commission]]s.

==International==
{| class="wikitable"
!Region
!Commission
!Note
|-
|'''[[United Nations]]''' (Universal)
|[[United Nations Human Rights Council]]
|replaced the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]]; distinct from the UN [[Human Rights Committee]]
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|'''[[African Union]]''' ([[Africa]])
|[[African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights]]
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|'''[[Organisation of American States]]''' ([[Americas]])
|[[Inter-American Commission on Human Rights]]
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|rowspan="2"|'''[[Asia]]'''
|[[ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights]] (AICHR)
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|[[Asian Human Rights Commission]]
|non-governmental
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|rowspan="2"|'''[[Council of Europe]]''' ([[Europe]])
|[[European Commission on Human Rights]]
|1954 to 1998; defunct
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|[[International Society for Human Rights]]
|non-governmental
|}

==National or subnational bodies==
'''[[National human rights institutions|National and sub-national human rights commissions]]''' have been established in a number of countries for the promotion and protection of their citizens' human rights, and most commissions are public bodies but with some degree of independence from the state. In other countries the [[ombudsman]] performs that role. The commissions below are state-sponsored except where indicated.

===Africa===
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!Commission
!Note
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|{{Flag icon|Algeria}} [[Algeria]]
|National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
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|{{Flag icon|Benin}} [[Bénin]]
|Benin Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Burkina Faso}} [[Burkina Faso]]
|National Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso
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|{{Flag icon|Cameroon}} [[Cameroon]]
|National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms
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|{{Flag icon|Chad}} [[Chad]]
|Chad National Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Congo}} [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|National Human Rights Observatory
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|{{Flag icon|Egypt}} [[Egypt]]
|National Council for Human Rights
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|{{Flag icon|Ethiopia}} [[Ethiopia]]
|Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
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|-
|{{Flag icon|Gabon}} [[Gabon]]
|National Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Ghana}} [[Ghana]]
|[[Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice]]
|[http://www.chrajghana.org CHRAJ]
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|rowspan="2"|{{Flag icon|Kenya}} [[Kenya]]
|[[Kenya National Commission on Human Rights]]
|Official body
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|[[Kenya Human Rights Commission]]
|NGO
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|{{Flag icon|Madagascar}} [[Madagascar]]
|National Human Rights Commission
|
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|{{Flag icon|Malawi}} [[Malawi]]
|Malawi Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Mali}} [[Mali]]
|Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme
|
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|{{Flag icon|Mauritania}} [[Mauritania]]
|Commissariat aux Droits de l’Homme, a la Lutte contre la Pauvreté et l’Insertion
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|-
|{{Flag icon|Mauritius}} [[Mauritius]]
|National Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Morocco}} [[Morocco]]
|Human Rights Advisory Council
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|{{Flag icon|Niger}} [[Niger]]
|[[Nigerien National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties|Nigérien National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties]]
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|{{Flag icon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Nigeria)|National Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|Rwanda}} [[Rwanda]]
|National Commission for Human Rights
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|{{Flag icon|Senegal}} [[Senegal]]
|Senegalese Committee for Human Rights
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|{{Flag icon|Sierra Leone}} [[Sierra Leone]]
|Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone
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|{{Flag icon|South Africa}} [[South Africa]]
|[[South African Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|Sudan}} [[Sudan]]
|Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Tanzania}} [[Tanzania]]
|Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance
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|{{Flag icon|Togo}} [[Togo]]
|National Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Tunisia}} [[Tunisia]]
|Higher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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|{{Flag icon|Uganda}} [[Uganda]]
|[[Uganda Human Rights Commission]] (UHRC)
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|{{Flag icon|Zambia}} [[Zambia]]
|Permanent Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]
|Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC)<ref>http://www.zhrc.org.zw</ref>
|
|}

===Asia-Pacific===
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!Commission
!Note
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|{{Flag icon|Afghanistan}} [[Afghanistan]]
|[[Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission]]
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|rowspan="2"|{{Flag icon|Australia}} [[Australia]]
|[[Australian Human Rights Commission]]
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|Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commission
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|{{Flag icon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]
|[[Bangladesh Human Rights Commission]]
|[http://www.bhrc-bd.org]
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|{{Flag icon|Fiji}} [[Fiji]]
|[[Fiji Human Rights Commission]]
|No longer ICC-accredited
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|{{Flag icon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]]
|
|human rights complaints are referred here
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Flag icon|India}} [[India]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission of India]]
|NGO
[[Human Rights - Human Resource Development Organisation,Pune,India]]


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|[[Kashmir Human Rights Commission]]
|UK-based non-governmental organization
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|{{Flag icon|Indonesia}} [[Indonesia]]
|[[National Commission on Human Rights (Indonesia)|National Commission on Human Rights]] (Komnas HAM)
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|{{Flag icon|Iran}} [[Iran]]
|[[Islamic Human Rights Commission (Iran)|Islamic Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|Jordan}} [[Jordan]]
|[[National Centre for Human Rights (Jordan)|National Centre for Human Rights]]
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|{{Flag icon|South Korea}} [[South Korea|Korea, Republic of]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission of Korea]]
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|{{Flag icon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]]
|[[Human Rights Commission of Malaysia]]
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|{{Flag icon|Maldives}} [[Maldives]]
|[http://www.hrcm.org.mv Human Rights Commission of the Maldives]
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|{{Flag icon|Mongolia}} [[Mongolia]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Mongolia)]]
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|{{Flag icon|Myanmar}} [[Myanmar]]
|[[Myanmar National Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand]]
|[[Human Rights Commission (New Zealand)|New Zealand Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Nepal)]]
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|rowspan="2"|{{Flag icon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan]]
|[[Human Rights Commission of Pakistan]]
|non-governmental organization
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|[[Kashmir Human Rights Commission]]
|UK-based non-governmental organization
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|{{Flag icon|Palestine}} [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]
|[[Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen's Rights]]
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|{{Flag icon|Philippines}} [[Philippines]]
|[[Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)]]
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|{{Flag icon|Qatar}} [[Qatar]]
|[[National Committee for Human Rights (Qatar)]]
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|{{Flag icon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Sri Lanka)]]
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|{{Flag icon|Thailand}} [[Thailand]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Thailand)]]
|
|}

===Europe===
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!Commission
!Note
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|{{Flag icon|France}} [[France]]
|[[Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme|National Consultative Commission of Human Rights (France)]]
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|{{Flag icon|UK}} [[Great Britain|Great Britain (UK)]]
|[[Equality and Human Rights Commission]]
|see also Scotland
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|{{Flag icon|Greece}} [[Greece]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Greece)]]
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|{{Flag icon|Ireland}} [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|[[Irish Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Italy]]
|[[Commissione per i Diritti Umani]]
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|{{Flag icon|Luxembourg}} [[Luxembourg]]
|[[Consultative Commission of Human Rights (Luxembourg)]]
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|{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]]
|[[Equal Treatment Commission (Netherlands)]]
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|{{Flag icon|UK}} [[Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland (UK)]]
|[[Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|UK}} {{Flag icon|Scotland}} [[Scotland|Scotland (UK)]]
|[[Scottish Human Rights Commission]]
|see also Great Britain
|-
|{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Switzerland]]
|[[Federal Commission against Racism (Switzerland)]]
|
|-
|{{Flag icon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Islamic Human Rights Commission]]
|non-governmental organization
|}

===Americas===
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!Commission
!Note
|-
|rowspan="7"|{{Flag icon|Canada}} [[Canada]]
|[[Canadian Human Rights Commission]]
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|[[British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal]]
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|[[Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission]]
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|[[Ontario Human Rights Commission]]
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|[[Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission]]
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|[[Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse]]
|Quebec
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|[[Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission]]
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|{{Flag icon|Guatemala}} [[Guatemala]]
|[[Guatemala Human Rights Commission]]
|US-based NGO
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|{{Flag icon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Mexico)]]
|
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|{{Flag icon|Peru}} [[Peru]]
|[[National Human Rights Commission (Peru)]]
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|rowspan="12"|{{Flag icon|USA}} [[United States]]
|[[United States Commission on Civil Rights]]
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|[[Idaho Human Rights Commission]]
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|[[Alaska State Commission for Human Rights]]
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|[[Illinois Human Rights Commission]]
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|[[Human Rights Commission of Salt Lake City]]
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|[[San Francisco Human Rights Commission]]
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|[[New York City Commission on Human Rights]]
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|[http://www.seattle.gov/humanrights Seattle Human Rights Commission]
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|[[Sioux City Human Rights Commission]]
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|[http://www.cityofsalem.net/CityCouncil/humanrights Salem Oregon Human Rights & Relations Advisory Commission]
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|Numerous municipal "human relations commissions"
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|[[International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission]]
|INGO
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|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Human rights}}
*[[Truth and reconciliation commission]]
*[[Ombudsman]]

==References==
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{{International human rights organizations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Human Rights Commission}}
[[Category:National human rights institutions]]