UN Human Rights Council Established

UN Human Rights Council Established

March 16, 2010 04:00:00 am

On March 16, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to replace the UN Council on Human Rights.

The UNHRC was created by the overwhelming passage of Resolution A/RES/60/251ly.

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.

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