Project Eleanor Web Resource; UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights +

Project Eleanor

Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1950.

Project Eleanor

This is the Project Eleanor web site, dedicated to human rights projects and human rights information

Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962

Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884 in New York City. She died a few blocks away on November 7, 1962. Between these two places she literally traveled the world for human rights and humanitarian causes.

Beginning in 1945, after her husband's death, she became a key figure in establishing international human rights as a core part of the United Nations framework. She was appointed by President Truman to the United States Delegation to the UN General Assembly, was the first chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, helped to orchestrate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and was instrumental in the early drafting of the two major international treaties on human rights, the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 57th session, August 7-25, 2006

The Sub-Commission is composed of 26 members, serving as independent experts. The terms of half of the current members (13 members) expire at the end of July 2006. These 13 members must be re-elected or replaced, or their terms extended, in order to achieve a quorum for the 57th Sub-Commission session scheduled for August 7-27, 2006.

Both elections and budgetary funds for the 57th session are somewhat in doubt at this time. More should be known after the Human Rights Council meets in June. This page will post latest developments on the confirmed dates and details Sub-Commission session, as these events unfold.

If the Sub-Commission session is held this summer, Minnesota Advocates plans again to co-host an NGO Forum the weekend before the session, to update and facilitate collective preparation for the upcoming session. Please check back from time to time for further details.