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The '''Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights''' (before 1999, known as the '''Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities''')<ref>[http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/sc.htm Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was a
With the dissolution of the Commission on Human Rights and its replacement by the [[Human Rights Council]] in 2006, responsibility for the Sub-Commission passed from the former to the latter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights|url=https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/subcom/index.htm|access-date=2021-09-20|website=United Nations Human Rights Councils}}</ref> On 30 June 2006 the Council resolved to extend the Sub-Commission's mandate on an exceptional one-year basis and subject to the Council's subsequent review. The Sub-Commission met for the final time in August 2006;<ref>Staff. [http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/E5D4031F179EABFAC12571D50043D1A9?opendocument Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights concludes final session], United Nations press release, 25 August 2006</ref>
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