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The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all human rights. The Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and international human rights laws and treaties established those rights.
UN Human Rights was created by the General Assembly in 1993 through its resolution 48/141 which also details its mandate.
UN Human Rights is mandated: