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First, the commission offers a deeply problematic diagnosis of the major challenges to human rights today, as will be discussed below. The Human Rights division of the U.N. is also expected to uphold and protect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The desire of states with problematic human rights records to be elected to the Commission was viewed largely as a way to defend themselves from such attacks.Activist groups had long expressed concern over the memberships of the.The commission had also come under repeated criticism from the United States for its unwillingness to address other human rights concerns. The sub-commission was charged with "determin[ing] whether adequate grounds existed for detaining persons on the grounds of mental ill-health".The guidelines that resulted have been criticized for failing to protect the rights of involuntary patients.The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a number of resolutions concerning.1986/18; 1987/25; 1988/28; 1989/16; 1990/19; "Fiftieth Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide", 1998/10; and "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide", 1999/67.Defunct functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations,Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights,UN Commission on Human Rights, Resolution 2002/8,Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,List of members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances,Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,United Nations Economic and Social Council,"Brief historic overview of the Commission","Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC)","Human Rights Special Procedures: Determinants of Influence","In Larger Freedom, Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for decision by Heads of State and Government in September 2005","A Disappointing Record, Will the new Human Rights Council take its mandate seriously?