Extraordinary Commission or Emergency Commission most often refers to:
Organisations
* The ''Commission extraordinaire des Douze'' or Extraordinary
Commission of Twelve
{{Use dmy dates, date=July 2020
During the French Revolution, the Extraordinary Commission of Twelve (''Commission extraordinaire des Douze'') was a commission of the French National Convention charged with finding and trying conspirators. It was ...
, which prosecuted political conspirators in France during 1793
* A literal translation of the Russian language term Чрезвычайная Комиссия (''Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya'', Extraordinary/Emergency Commission), which had the Cyrillic initials ЧК (''ChK'') pronounced ''tche-ka'', such as:
** The ''
Cheka
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə, links=yes), ...
'', a colloquial name for the Soviet secret police from 1918 as well as national affiliates such as:
*** The
All-Ukrainian Extraordinary Commission (''VUChK'') in 1918–1922
** The Soviet
Extraordinary State Commission
The Extraordinary State Commission for the Establishment and Investigation of the Atrocities of the German Fascist Invaders and Their Accomplices and the Damage They Caused to Citizens, Collective Farms, Public Organizations, State Enterprises and ...
(''ChGK'') of 1942–1947, which investigated war crimes committed by Axis forces
Other uses
* A
commission (document)
A commission is a formal document issued to appoint a named person to high office or as a commissioned officer in a territory's armed forces. A commission constitutes documentary authority that the person named is vested with the powers of that ...
affirming the appointment of a particular person as a government official or military officer, under extraordinary or emergency conditions
{{disambiguation