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DURING THE MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE, THE SUB-COMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES HAS BECOME INVOLVED IN A MUCH BROADER RANGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES THAN ITS NAME IMPLIES. WHILE ITS ACTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO FORMAL OVERSIGHT BY ITS PARENT BODIES, THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, THE SUB-COMMISSION HAS BECOME REASONABLY INDEPENDENT, AT LEAST IN INITIATING MANY PROPOSALS FOR U.N. ACTIONS TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN RIGHTS.