# Human rights commission

A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights.
The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as national human rights institutions or (usually temporary) truth and reconciliation commissions.

## International

| Region | Commission | Note |
| 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) | |
| Asia | Asian Human Rights Commission | Non-governmental |
| Council of Europe (Europe) | European Commission on Human Rights | 1954 to 1998; defunct |
| Council of Europe (Europe) | International Society for Human Rights | Non-governmental |

## 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.

### Africa

| Country | Commission | Note |
| Algeria | National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights | |
| Bénin | Benin Human Rights Commission | |
| Burkina Faso | National Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso | |
| Cameroon | National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms | |
| Chad | Chad National Human Rights Commission | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | National Human Rights Observatory | |
| Egypt | National Council for Human Rights | |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian Human Rights Commission | |
| Gabon | National Human Rights Commission | |
| Ghana | Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice | |
| Kenya | Kenya National Commission on Human Rights | Official body |
| Kenya | Kenya Human Rights Commission | NGO |
| Madagascar | National Human Rights Commission | |
| Malawi | Malawi Human Rights Commission | |
| Mali | Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme | |
| Mauritania | Commissariat aux Droits de l’Homme, a la Lutte contre la Pauvreté et l’Insertion | |
| Mauritius | National Human Rights Commission | |
| Morocco | Human Rights Advisory Council | |
| Niger | Nigérien National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties | |
| Nigeria | National Human Rights Commission | |
| Rwanda | National Commission for Human Rights | |
| Senegal | Senegalese Committee for Human Rights | |
| Sierra Leone | Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone | |
| South Africa | South African Human Rights Commission | |
| Sudan | Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission | |
| Tanzania | Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance | |
| Togo | National Human Rights Commission | |
| Tunisia | Higher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms | |
| Uganda | Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) | |
| Zambia | Permanent Human Rights Commission | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) | |

### Asia-Pacific

| Country | Commission | Note |
| Afghanistan | Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission | |
| Australia | Australian Human Rights Commission | |
| Australia | Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commission | |
| Australia | Queensland Human Rights Commission | |
| Australia | Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission | |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh Human Rights Commission | Archived 2013-03-18 at the Wayback Machine |
| Fiji | Fiji Human Rights Commission | No longer ICC-accredited |
| Hong Kong | | Human rights complaints are referred here |
| India | National Human Rights Commission of India | National official statutory body |
| India | Kashmir Human Rights Commission | Was a state official body until replaced by NHRC. |
| Indonesia | National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) | |
| Iran | Islamic Human Rights Commission | |
| Jordan | National Centre for Human Rights | |
| Korea, Republic of | National Human Rights Commission of Korea | |
| Malaysia | Human Rights Commission of Malaysia | |
| Maldives | Human Rights Commission of the Maldives | |
| Mongolia | National Human Rights Commission (Mongolia) | |
| Myanmar | Myanmar National Human Rights Commission | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Human Rights Commission | |
| Nepal | National Human Rights Commission (Nepal) | |
| Pakistan | Human Rights Commission of Pakistan | non-governmental organization |
| Pakistan | Kashmir Human Rights Commission | UK-based non-governmental organization |
| Palestine | Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizen's Rights | |
| Philippines | Commission on Human Rights (Philippines) | |
| Qatar | National Committee for Human Rights (Qatar) | |
| Sri Lanka | National Human Rights Commission (Sri Lanka) | |
| Taiwan | National Human Rights Commission (Taiwan) | |
| Thailand | National Human Rights Commission (Thailand) | |

### Europe

| Country | Commission | Note |
| France | National Consultative Commission of Human Rights (France) | |
| Great Britain (UK) | Equality and Human Rights Commission | See also Scotland |
| Greece | National Human Rights Commission (Greece) | |
| Ireland | Irish Human Rights Commission | |
| Italy | Commissione per i Diritti Umani | |
| Luxembourg | Consultative Commission of Human Rights (Luxembourg) | |
| Netherlands | Equal Treatment Commission (Netherlands) | |
| Northern Ireland (UK) | Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission | |
| Scotland (UK) | Scottish Human Rights Commission | See also Great Britain |
| Switzerland | Federal Commission against Racism (Switzerland) | |
| Ukraine | Ombudsman in Ukraine | |
| United Kingdom | Islamic Human Rights Commission | Non-governmental organization |

### Americas

| Country | Commission | Note |
| Canada | Canadian Human Rights Commission |
| Canada | Alberta Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal | |
| Canada | Manitoba Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | New Brunswick Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal | |
| Canada | Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | Ontario Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | PEI Human Rights Commission | Prince Edward Island |
| Canada | Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse | Quebec |
| Canada | Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission | |
| Canada | Yukon Human Rights Commission | |
| Guatemala | Guatemala Human Rights Commission | US-based NGO |
| Mexico | National Human Rights Commission (Mexico) | |
| Peru | National Human Rights Commission (Peru) | |
| United States | Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission | |
| United States | United States Commission on Civil Rights | |
| United States | Idaho Human Rights Commission | |
| United States | Alaska State Commission for Human Rights | |
| United States | Illinois Human Rights Commission | |
| United States | Human Rights Commission of Salt Lake City | |
| United States | Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission | |
| United States | San Francisco Human Rights Commission | |
| United States | New York City Commission on Human Rights | |
| United States | Seattle Human Rights Commission | |
| United States | Sioux City Human Rights Commission | |
| United States | Salem Oregon Human Rights & Relations Advisory Commission | |
| United States | International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission | US-based INGO |