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Title / Mandate
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Mandate established
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Mandate extended
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Name & country of
origin
of the mandate-holder(s)
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in
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by
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in
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by
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Special Rapporteur on adequate
housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
|
2000
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2000/9
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/27 (for 3 years)
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Ms. Raquel ROLNIK ( Brazil)
|
|
Working Group on people of African
descent
|
2002
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2002/68
|
2003
|
Commission on Human Rights
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)
- Mr. Milton
NETTLEFORD( Jamaica)
|
|
Working Group on Arbitrary
Detention
|
1991
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1991/42
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/4
(for 3 years)
|
Chairperson-Rapporteur :
- Ms. Manuela
Carmena CASTRILLO ( Spain)
- Mr. Seyyed
Mohammad HASHEMI
(Islamic
Republic of Iran)
- Mr. Malick El
Hadji SOW
( Senegal)
- Mr. Aslan
ABASHIDZE
( Russia)
- Mr. Roberto
GARRETON
( Chile)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the sale
of children, child prostitution and child pornography
|
1990
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1990/68
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/13
(for 3 years)
|
Ms. Najat M’jid MAALA ( Morocco)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
|
1998
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1998/33
|
2004
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2004/25
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Vernor MUŃOZ VILLALOBOS ( Costa Rica)
|
|
Working Group on Enforced
or Involuntary Disappearances
|
1980
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 20 (XXXVI)
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/12
(for 3 years)
|
Chairperson-Rapporteur :
- Mr. Santiago
CORCUERA CABEZUT ( Mexico)
- Mr. Jeremy SARKIN ( South Africa)
- Mr. Darko
GÖTTLICHER
( Croatia )
- Mr. Saeed Rajaee
KHORASANI (Islamic
Republic of Iran)
- Mr. Stephen J.
TOOPE
( Canada)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions
|
1982
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1982/35
|
2004
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2004/37
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Philip ALSTON ( Australia)
|
|
Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme
poverty
|
1998
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1998/25
|
2004
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2004/23
(for 2 years)
|
Ms. Maria Magdalena SEPULVEDA ( Chile)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
|
2000
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2000/10
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/2
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Olivier de SCHUTTER ( Belgium)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of
opinion and expression
|
1993
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1993/45
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/36 (for 3 years)
|
Mr. Ambeyi LIGABO ( Kenya)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on freedom of
religion or belief
|
1986
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1986/20
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/37
(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
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2002/31
(for 3 years)
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/29
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Paul HUNT ( New Zealand)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights defenders
|
2000
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2000/61
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/8
(for 3 years)
|
Ms. Margaret SEKAGGYA ( Uganda)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the independence
of judges and lawyers
|
1994
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1994/41
|
2003
|
Commission on Human Rights
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
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2001/57
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/12
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. James ANAYA ( United States of America)
|
|
Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally
displaced persons
|
2004
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution
2004/55
(for 2 years)
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/32
(for 3 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
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2005/2
(for 3 years)
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/21
(for 3 years)
|
- Mr. José GÓMEZ DEL
PRADO
( Spain)
- Ms. Najat
AL-HAJJAJI
(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
- Ms. Amada
BENAVIDES DE PÉREZ ( Colombia)
- Mr. Alexander
Ivanovich NIKITIN
( Russian Federation)
- Ms. Shaista
SHAMEEM
( Fiji)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
|
1999
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1999/44
|
2005
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2005/47
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Jorge A. BUSTAMANTE ( Mexico)
|
|
Independent Expert on minority
issues
|
2005
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution
2005/79
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/6
(for 3 years)
|
Ms. Gay MCDOUGALL
( United States of America)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
|
1993
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1993/20
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/34
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Doudou DIČNE ( Senegal)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,
including its causes and consequences
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/14
|
|
|
Ms. Gulnara SHAHINIAN ( Armenia)
|
|
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
|
2005
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution
2005/55
(for 3 years)
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/5
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Rudi Muhammad RIZKI
( Indonesia)
|
|
Independent expert on the effects of foreign
debt and other related international financial obligations of States
on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and
cultural rights
|
2000
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2000/82
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/4
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Cephas LUMINA
|
|
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights
while countering terrorism
|
2005
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution
2005/80
(for 3 years)
|
2007
|
Human Rights Council resolution
6/28
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Martin SCHEININ ( Finland)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
|
1985
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1985/33
|
2004
|
Commission on Human Rights
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 wasteson the enjoyment of human rights
|
1995
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1995/81
|
2004
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2004/17
(for 3 years)
|
Mr. Okechukwu IBEANU
( Nigeria)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on trafficking
in persons, especially in women and children
|
2004
|
Commission on Human Rights
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
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2005/69
(for 2 years)
|
|
|
Mr. John Ruggie ( United States of America)
|
|
Special Rapporteur on violence against women,
its causes and consequences
|
1994
|
Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1994/45
|
2008
|
Human Rights Council resolution
7/24
(for 3 years)
|
Ms. Yakin ERTÜRK ( Turkey)
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