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UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES - SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS & INDEPENDENT EXPERTS

 

Special procedures is the general name given to the mechanisms established by the Human Rights Council to address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Currently, there are 36 thematic and 12 country mandates.

 

Directory on Special Procedures

 

 

Civil Society Section

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

 

NEWS ON SPECIAL PROCEDURES

 

RECENT AND ONGOING VISITS

 

Country

Mandate

Date

Click for more info on the mandate

Tunisia

WG on discrimination against women in law and practice

7 to 12 January 2013

http://goo.gl/IqvLB

 

 

FORTHCOMING VISITS

Country

Mandate

Date

Click for more info on the mandate

Panama

WG on People of African descent

14 to 18 January 2013

http://goo.gl/IGVUK 

United Kingdom

Special Rapporteur on peaceful assembly and association

14 to 23 January 2013

http://goo.gl/j1FCO 

Indonesia

Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression

14 to 26 January 2013

http://goo.gl/UXmKs

Spain

Special Rapporteur on racism

21 to 28 January 2013

http://goo.gl/OLZrz

Greece

WG on arbitrary detention

21 to 31 January 2013

http://goo.gl/mKrpI

Thailand

Special Rapporteur on water and sanitation

31 January to 8 February 2013

http://goo.gl/GZhlI

Kyrgyz Republic

Special Rapporteur on sale of children

15 to 26 April 2013

http://goo.gl/P07SX

India

Special Rapporteur on violence against women

22 April to 1 May 2013

http://goo.gl/OeUjN

Brazil

Special Rapporteur on water and sanitation

10 to 18 July 2013

http://goo.gl/GZhlI

Madagascar

Special Rapporteur on sale of children

15 to 26 July 2013

http://goo.gl/P07SX

Chile

Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism

15 to 31 July 2013

http://goo.gl/NzeZf

 

*To find out how you can support the visits, please contact the respective mandate-holder at their email, found in the directory: http://goo.gl/94Dkt

 

PUBLIC STATEMENTS

Canada: UN expert calls for meaningful dialogue with Aboriginal leaders after weeks of protests - http://goo.gl/KkBkW

UN expert warns Sri Lanka attacks on the independence of the judiciary must stop - http://goo.gl/lkmQn

 

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