Which body within the United Nations system, established by the General Assembly in 2006 to replace the highly politicized Commission on Human Rights, meets in Geneva to conduct the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D. United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

  1. Step 1: Created via General Assembly Resolution 60/251 to strengthen human rights monitoring across all sovereign states.
  2. Step 2: The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) consists of 47 member states elected by secret ballot for staggered three-year terms, convening in Geneva to evaluate the human rights records of every UN member state through the Universal Periodic Review.
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United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
Why not the others: 'International Court of Justice (ICJ)' The ICJ settles legal disputes between sovereign states from The Hague, not conducting periodic human rights peer reviews; 'Human Rights Watch (HRW)' Human Rights Watch is an independent international non-governmental organization, not a United Nations intergovernmental body; 'Amnesty International' Amnesty International is a non-governmental human rights organization founded in London in 1961.

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