abstract: The article provides an overview of the work of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the first intergovernmental human rights body of the United Nations.The author aims to introduce the most important characteristics of the CHR in a way that avoids the trap of overemphasising the critical remarks formulated during the last few years of the most important human rights body in the world.The contribution of the CHR to the international standardssetting activities of the international community in the
journal: Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae Sectio iuridica