A Human Rights Commission is a body set up to investigate and protect human rights.
It may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, or (usually temporary) truth and reconciliation commissions.
International Human Rights Commissions
- United Nations (Universal)
- United Nations Human Rights Council (replaced the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; distinct from the UN Human Rights Committee)
- African Union (Africa)
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Organisation of American States (Americas)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Asia
- ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
- Asian Human Rights Commission (non-governmental)
- Council of Europe (Europe)
- European Commission of Human Rights (1954 to 1998; defunct)
National or subnational bodies
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.
- Algeria
- National Human Rights Commission of Algeria
- Afghanistan
- Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
- Australia
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- Bénin
- Benin Human Rights Commission
- Burkina Faso
- National Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms
- Canada
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
- Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (Québec)
- Chad
- Chad National Human Rights Commission
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National Human Rights Observatory (DR Congo)
- Egypt
- National Council for Human Rights (Egypt)
- Fiji
- Fiji Human Rights Commission
- France
- National Consultative Commission of Human Rights (France)
- Gabon
- National Human Rights Commission (Gabon)
- Ghana
- Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice CHRAJ
- Great Britain (UK)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission see also Scotland
- Greece
- National Human Rights Commission (Greece)
- Guatemala
- Guatemala Human Rights Commission - US-based non-governmental organization
- India
- National Human Rights Commission (India)
- Kashmir Human Rights Commission - UK-based non-governmental organization
- Indonesia
- National Human Rights Commission (Indonesia)
- Iran
- Islamic Human Rights Commission
- Ireland
- Irish Human Rights Commission
- Italy
- Commissione per i Diritti Umani
- Jordan
- National Centre for Human Rights (Jordan)
- Kenya
- Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
- Korea, Republic of
- National Human Rights Commission of Korea
- Luxembourg
- Consultative Commission of Human Rights (Luxembourg)
- Madagascar
- National Human Rights Commission (Madagascar)
- Malawi
- Malawi Human Rights Commission
- Malaysia
- Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
- Maldives
- Human Rights Commission of the Maldives
- Mali
- Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme (Mali)
- Mauritania
- Commissariat aux Droits de l’Homme, a la Lutte contre la Pauvreté et l’Insertion (Mauritania)
- Mauritius
- National Human Rights Commission (Mauritius)
- Mexico
- National Human Rights Commission (Mexico)
- Mongolia
- National Human Rights Commission (Mongolia)
- Morocco
- Human Rights Advisory Council (Morocco)
- Nepal
- National Human Rights Commission (Nepal)
- Netherlands
- Equal Treatment Commission (Netherlands)
- New Zealand
- New Zealand Human Rights Commission
- Niger
- Nigerien National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties
- Nigeria
- National Human Rights Commission (Nigeria)
- Northern Ireland (UK)
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- Pakistan
- Human Rights Commission of Pakistan - non-governmental organization
- Kashmir Human Rights Commission - UK-based non-governmental organization
- Palestine
- Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen's Rights
- Peru
- National Human Rights Commission (Peru)
- Philippines
- Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)
- Qatar
- National Committee for Human Rights (Qatar)
- Rwanda
- National Commission for Human Rights (Rwanda)
- Scotland (UK)
- Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Senegal
- Senegalese Committee for Human Rights
- South Africa
- South African Human Rights Commission
- Sri Lanka
- National Human Rights Commission (Sri Lanka)
- Switzerland
- Federal Commission against Racism (Switzerland)
- Tanzania
- Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (Tanzania)
- Thailand
- National Human Rights Commission (Thailand)
- Togo
- National Human Rights Commission (Togo)
- Tunisia
- Higher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Tunisia)
- Uganda
- Uganda Human Rights Commission
- United Kingdom
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Islamic Human Rights Commission - non-governmental organization
- United States
- United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Human Rights Commission of Salt Lake City
- San Francisco Human Rights Commission
- Sioux City Human Rights Commission
- Citizens Commission on Human Rights -Church of Scientology pressure group
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission - international non-governmental organization
- Zambia
- Permanent Human Rights Commission (Zambia)