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Thematic mandates

1 February 2006

Title / Mandate	Mandate established		Mandate extended		Name & country of origin of the mandate-holder(s)
Title / Mandate	in	by	in	by	Name & country of origin of the mandate-holder(s)
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living	2000	resolution 2000/9	2003	resolution 2003/27 (for 3 years)	Mr. Miloon KOTHARI (India)
Working Group on people of African descent	2002	resolution 2002/68	2003	resolution 2003/30 (for 3 years)	Chairperson-Rapporteur : Mr. Peter Lesa KASANDA (Zambia) Mr. Joe FRANS (Sweden) Mr. George N. JABBOUR (Syrian Arab Republic) Ms. Irina ZLATESCU (Romania)
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention	1991	resolution 1991/42	2003	resolution 2003/31 (for 3 years)	Chairperson-Rapporteur : Ms. Leila ZERROUGUI (Algeria) Mr. Tamás BÁN (Hungary) Ms. Manuela Carmena CASTRILLO (Spain) Mr. Seyyed Mohammad HASHEMI (Islamic Republic of Iran) Ms. Soledad VILLAGRA DE BIEDERMANN (Paraguay)
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography	1990	resolution 1990/68	2004	ECOSOC decision 2004/285 (for 3 years)	Mr. Juan Miguel PETIT (Uruguay)
Special Rapporteur on the right to education	1998	resolution 1998/33	2004	resolution 2004/25 (for 3 years)	Mr. Vernor MUÑOZ VILLALOBOS (Costa Rica)
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	1980	resolution 20 (XXXVI)	2004	resolution 2004/40 (for 3 years)	Chairperson-Rapporteur : Mr. Stephen J. TOOPE (Canada) Mr. Joel ADEBAYO ADEKANYE (Nigeria) Mr. Santiago CORCUERA CABEZUT (Mexico) Mr. Darko GÖTTLICHER ( Croatia ) Mr. Saeed Rajaee KHORASANI (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions	1982	resolution 1982/35	2004	resolution 2004/37 (for 3 years)	Mr. Philip ALSTON (Australia)
Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty	1998	resolution 1998/25	2004	resolution 2004/23 (for 2 years)	Mr. Arjun SENGUPTA (India)
Special Rapporteur on the right to food	2000	resolution 2000/10	2003	resolution 2003/25 (for 3 years)	Mr. Jean ZIEGLER (Switzerland)
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression	1993	resolution 1993/45	2005	resolution 2005/38 (for 3 years)	Mr. Ambeyi LIGABO (Kenya)
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief	1986	resolution 1986/20	2004	resolution 2004/36 (for 3 years)	Ms. Asma JAHANGIR ( Pakistan )
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health	2002	resolution 2002/31 (for 3 years)	2005	Resolution 2005/24 (for 3 years)	Mr. Paul HUNT (New Zealand)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders	2000	resolution 2000/61	2003	resolution 2003/64 (for 3 years)	Ms. Hina JILANI (Pakistan)
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers	1994	resolution 1994/41	2003	resolution 2003/43 (for 3 years)	Mr. Leandro DESPOUY (Argentina)
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people	2001	resolution 2001/57	2004	resolution 2004/62 (for 3 years)	Mr. Rodolfo STAVENHAGEN (Mexico)
Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons	2004	resolution 2004/55 (for 2 years)			Mr. Walter Kälin (Switzerland)
Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination	2005	resolution 2005/2 (for 3 years)			Ms. Amada BENAVIDES DE PÉREZ (Colombia) Ms. Najat AL-HAJJAJI (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) Mr. José GÓMEZ DEL PRADO (Spain) Mr. Alexander Ivanovich NIKITIN (Russian Federation) Ms. Shaista SHAMEEM (Fiji)
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants	1999	resolution 1999/44	2005	resolution 2005/47 (for 3 years)	Mr. Jorge A. BUSTAMANTE (Mexico)
Independent Expert on minority issues	2005	Resolution 2005/79 (2 years)			Ms. Gay MCDOUGALL (United States of America)
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	1993	resolution 1993/20	2005	Resolution 2005/64 (for 3 years)	Mr. Doudou DIÈNE (Senegal)
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity	2005	Resolution 2005/55 (for 3 years)			Mr. Rudi Muhammad RIZKI (Indonesia)
Independent Expert on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt	2000	resolution 2000/82	2003	resolution 2003/21 (for 3 years)	Mr. Bernards Andrew NYAMWAYA MUDHO (Kenya)
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism	2005	resolution 2005/80 (for 3 years)			Mr. Martin SCHEININ (Finland)
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment	1985	resolution 1985/33	2004	resolution 2004/41 (for 3 years)	Mr. Manfred Nowak (Austria)
Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights	1995	resolution 1995/81	2004	resolution 2004/17 (for 3 years)	Mr. Okechukwu IBEANU (Nigeria)
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children	2004	resolution 2004/110 (for 3 years)			Ms. Sigma HUDA (Bangladesh)
Special Representative of the SG on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	2005	resolution 2005/69 (for 2 years)			Mr. John Ruggie (United States of America)
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences	1994	resolution 1994/45	2003	resolution 2003/45 (for 3 years)	Ms. Yakin ERTÜRK (Turkey)