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Included
in main roles of UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights
Defenders: "integrate a gender perspective throughout her work "
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In its year
2000 session, the Commission on Human Rights asked the Secretary-General to
establish a mandate on human rights defenders. The Commission’s intention was
to give support to implementation of the Declaration on human rights defenders
and also to gather information on the actual situation of human rights defenders
around the world (see resolution 2000/61
establishing the mandate)..
In August
2000, Ms. Hina Jilani
was named by the Secretary General as Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders. Her mandate was
renewed by the Commission in 2003 (resolution 2003/64) and
by the Human Rights Council in 2007 (resolution 5/1). In
March 2008, the Human Rights Council, with resolution 7/8, decided
to renew the mandate on human rights defenders for a period of three years. The
Human Rights Council appointed Ms.
Margaret Sekaggya as Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights defenders.
The mandate
on human rights defenders is broad and stipulates that the Special Rapporteur’s
main roles are:
In its
resolution, the Human Rights Council urges all governments to cooperate with
the Special Rapporteur and to provide all information requested. The
governments are also urged to implement and follow-up on her recommendations.
In the fulfillment
of the mandate, the mandate holder:
Mandate
holders
Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya, Uganda (2008-)
Mrs. Hina Jilani, Pakistan (2000-2008)
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