Economic and Social Council

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is a specialized organ of the United Nations and was established, inter alia, to monitor and regulate human rights affairs. It in turn established the Human Rights Commission to deal exclusively with issues regarding human rights. It is this commission which is responsible for the negotiation of a lot of very important human rights treaties. However, the commission has recently been under heavy criticism (especially from the United States) for the inability to perform its functions properly. This is why one of the main topics of debate for UN reforms was the Human Rights Commission.