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The
special procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights
experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or
country-specific perspective. The system of Special Procedures is a central
element of the United Nations human rights machinery and covers all human
rights: civil, cultural, economic, political, and social. As of 1 April 2013
there are 36 thematic and 13 country mandates.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/Themes.aspx -
1 July 2013
Title / Mandate |
Mandate established |
Mandate extended |
Name & country of origin of the mandate-holder(s) |
Contact |
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Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
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2000 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2000/9 |
2007 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 6/27 |
Ms.
Raquel ROLNIK
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2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/8
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Working
Group of Experts on People of African Descent |
2002 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2002/68 |
2003 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2003/30 |
Ms.
Verene SHEPHERD |
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2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 9/14 |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 18/28 |
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Working
Group on Arbitrary
Detention
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1991 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1991/42 |
1997 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1997/50 |
Mr.
El Hadji Malick SOW |
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2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/18
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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
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Ms.
Najat Maalla M'JID |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/12 |
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Special
Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights |
2009 |
Human
Rights Council |
2012 |
Human
Rights Council resolution |
Ms.
Farida SHAHEED |
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Independent
expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international
order
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 18/6
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Mr.
Alfred de ZAYAS |
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Special
Rapporteur on the right to education |
1998 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1998/33 |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 8/4
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Mr.
Kishore SINGH |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/3 |
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Independent
Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of
a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment |
2012 |
Human
Rights Council resolution |
Mr.
John KNOX |
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Working
Group on Enforced
or Involuntary Disappearances |
1980 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution |
2007 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 7/12
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Mr.
Olivier de FROUVILLE (France) |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/16
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Special
Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions |
1982 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1982/35 |
2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/5
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Mr.
Christof HEYNS |
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Special
Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights |
1998 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1998/25 |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/13
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Ms.
Maria Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA CARMONA |
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Special
Rapporteur on the right to food |
2000 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2000/10 |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 13/4 |
Mr.
Olivier De SCHUTTER
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2013 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 22/9 |
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Independent
Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial
obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly
economic, social and cultural rights |
2000 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2000/82 |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 7/4
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Mr.
Cephas LUMINA |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/14 |
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Special
Rapporteur on the rights to freedom
of peaceful assembly and of association |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/21
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Mr.
Maina KIAI |
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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
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Mr.
Frank LA RUE |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/4 |
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Special
Rapporteur on freedom
of religion or belief |
1986 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1986/20 |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 14/11
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Mr.
Heiner BIELEFELDT |
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2013 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 22/20 |
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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 |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/22
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Mr.
Anand GROVER
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Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights defenders |
2000 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2000/61 |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 7/8
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Ms.
Margaret SEKAGGYA |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/5 |
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Special
Rapporteur on the independence
of judges and lawyers |
1994 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1994/41 |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 8/6
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Ms.
Gabriela KNAUL |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/2 |
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Special
Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples
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2001 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2001/57 |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/14
|
Mr.
James ANAYA
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Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of internally
displaced persons |
2004 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 14/6 |
Mr.Chaloka
BEYANI |
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2013 |
HRC
Resolution 23/8 |
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Working
Group on the use of mercenaries
as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right
of peoples to self-determination |
2005 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2005/2 |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/12
|
Mr.
Anton KATZ |
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Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants |
1999 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1999/44 |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 8/10 |
Mr.
François CRÉPEAU |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/12 |
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Independent
Expert on minority
issues
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2005 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 7/6
|
Ms.
Rita IZSÁK |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/6 |
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Special
Rapporteur on the promotion
of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence |
2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 18/7 |
Mr.
Pablo De GREIFF |
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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
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Mr.
Mutuma RUTEERE |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/33 |
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Special
Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,
including its causes and its consequences |
2007 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 6/14
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2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/2 |
Ms.
Gulnara SHAHINIAN
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Independent
Expert on human rights and international solidarity |
2005 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 7/5 |
Ms.
Virginia DANDAN |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/6 |
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Special
Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism |
2005 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/15 |
Mr.
Ben EMMERSON |
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2013 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 22/8 |
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Special
Rapporteur on torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment |
1985 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1985/33 |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 8/8
|
Mr. Juan MENDEZ |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/23 |
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Special
Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound
management and disposal of hazardous substances
and wastes |
1995 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1995/81 |
2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution |
Mr.
Marc PALLEMAERTS |
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Special
Rapporteur on trafficking
in persons, especially women and children |
2004 |
Commission
on Human Rights resolution |
2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 8/12
|
Ms.
Joy Ngozi EZEILO
(Nigeria) |
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/1 |
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Working
Group on
the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business
enterprises |
2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 17/4 |
Mr. Pavel SULYANDZIGA (Russian Federation) Mr. Puvan J. SELVANATHAN |
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Special
Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water
and sanitation
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2008 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 7/22
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2011 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 16/2 |
Ms.
Catarina de ALBUQUERQUE |
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Working
Group on the issue of discrimination against women
in law and in practice |
2010 |
Human
Rights Council resolution 15/23 |
2013 |
HRC
Resolution |
Ms. Frances RADAY Ms. Kamala CHANDRAKIRANA |
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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
|
Ms.
Rashida MANJOO
|
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2011 |
HRC
Resolution 16/7 |