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Importance & Opportunity for
Nominations, AND INCLUDING OF WOMEN'S ISSUES
SUPPORTIVE CANDIDATES, of independent, competent, and experienced
Human Rights Experts for United Nations Special Procedures Posts, as Special
Rapporteurs and Independent Experts +.
LIST OF CURRENT UN SPECIAL
PROCEDURES MANDATE HOLDERS TO
BE REPLACED IN 2010:
DEADLINE
FOR THE SUBMISSION OF NOMINATIONS IS:
31
March 2010.
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Special Procedures - Nomination, Selection and
Appointment of Mandate Holders
List of current Special Procedures mandate holders to be replaced in 2010
General criteria
According to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, Annex, the following general criteria will be of paramount importance while nominating, selecting and appointing mandate-holders:
(a) expertise;
(b) experience in the field of the mandate;
(c) independence;
(d) impartiality;
(e) personal integrity;
and
(f) objectivity.
Due consideration should be given to gender balance and equitable geographic representation, as well as to an appropriate representation of different legal systems. Eligible candidates are highly qualified individuals who possess established competence, relevant expertise and extensive professional experience in the field of human rights (paras. 39-41).
Public list of candidates
Further to Council decision 6/102 the Secretariat has prepared a standardized form, on the basis of the technical and objective requirements stipulated in the decision, for candidates to fill in, so as to facilitate the selection of relevant candidacies from the public list as soon as appointments for particular mandates are necessary.
As called for in Council resolution 5/1, Annex, the Secretariat will maintain a public list which shall be regularly updated. The public list of candidates is now available on the Human Rights Council Extranet.
Those entities which may nominate candidates as special procedures mandate-holders according to Council resolution 5/1, Annex, are:
(a) Governments;
(b) Regional Groups operating within the United Nations human rights system;
(c) international organizations or their offices (e.g. the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights);
(d) non-governmental organizations;
(e) other human rights bodies;
(f) individual nominations (para. 42).
Candidatures to special procedures mandates to be filled at the Human Rights Council 14th session (June 2010) may reach the Secretariat at the following address: hrcspecialprocedures@ohchr.org or HRC Secretariat, c/o Fei Xing (Mailing address: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Room PW 4-072, Palais des Nations, 8-14 avenue de la Paix, CH-1211, Geneva 10; Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9604; Fax: +41(0)22 917 9008). The deadline for the submission of nominations is set at 31 March 2010.
Candidatures to special procedures mandates to be filled at the Human Rights Council 13th session (March 2010) may reach the Secretariat at the following address: hrcspecialprocedures@ohchr.org or HRC Secretariat, c/o Meena Ramkaun (Mailing address: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Room PW 4-037, Palais des Nations, 8-14 avenue de la Paix, CH-1211, Geneva 10; Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9707; Fax: +41(0)22 917 9008). The deadline for the submission of nominations for WG Arbitrary Detention is set at 19 February 2010, and the deadline for the submission of nominations for WG African Descent is set at 9 March 2010.
List of vacancies
The Special Procedures mandate holders lists of vacancies for June 2010 is now available.
The Special Procedures mandate holders update lists of vacancies for March 2010 is now available.
Consultative Group recommendations to the President of the Human Rights Council
The Consultative Group, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, submits to the President, ‘at least one month before the beginning of the session in which the Council would consider the selection of mandate holders, a list of candidates who possess the highest qualifications for the mandates in question and meet the general criteria and particular requirements'. The list of recommendations is available on the Human Rights Council Extranet.
List of candidates for the Special Procedures mandate holders
On the basis of the recommendations of the consultative group and following broad consultations, in particular through the regional coordinators, the President of the Council will identify an appropriate candidate for each vacancy and presents to member States and observers a list of candidates. The appointment of the special procedures mandate-holders will be completed upon the subsequent approval of the Council. Appointments of new mandate holders are scheduled for March 2010 during the thirteenth session of the Human Rights Council.
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