简介:OnMarch15,2006,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyadoptedResolution60/251tocreatea47-memberHumanRightsCouncil(theCouncil)inreplacementofa60-year-oldCommissiononHumanRights(theCommission).TheUniversalPeriodicReview(UPR)isanimportantmechanismandpowerthattheresolutionimpartedtotheCouncil.