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The following list provides useful information on all special procedures mandates of the Human Rights Council, both for thematic mandates, and country specific mandates. For each mandate, there is a link to the official OHCHR page and some basic information about the current mandate holders. We also provide links to ISHR reports on the review of the mandate in the course of the institution-building process, and on the consideration of all reports presented to the Human Rights Council since 2006 (as contained in our Daily Updates).
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Ms Raquel Rolnik, Brazil (since May 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 13 December 2007, 6 October 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 25 September 2006, 26 September 2006, 4 October 2006 (joint mission to Lebanon and Israel), 11 June 2007, 12 June 2007, 12 March 2008, 13 March 2008, 9 March 2009, 6 August 2009, 18 December 2009, 22 February 2010, 9 August 2010, 20 December 2010, 7 January 2011, 14 February 2011
Working Group of Experts on people of African descent
Working Group on arbitrary detention
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holders: Mr. Vladimir Tochilovsky, Ukraine (since 2010); Mr Mads Andenas, Norway (since August 2009); Mr Roberto Garretón, Chile (since May 2008); Ms Shaheen Sardar Ali, Pakistan ( since August 2008); Mr Malick El Hadji Sow, Senegal (since May 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 14 September 2007, 17 September 2007, 6 October 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 21 September 2006 (joint report on the situation of detainees at Guantánamo Bay), 27 March 2007, 10 March 2008, 6 March 2009, 15 January 2010, 18 January 2010, 19 January 2011
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Ms Najat M’jid Maala, Morocco (since May 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 14 March 2008
- Reports delivered to the Council: 20 March 2007, 21 March 2007, 10 March 2008, 11 March 2008, 10 September 2009, 18 March 2010, 19 March 2010, 15 April 2010, 20 December 2010, 28 December 2010, 4 February 2011, 7 February 2011, 14 February 2011, 2 March 2011, 7 March 2011
Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice
- OHCHR information (not yet available)
- Current mandate holders: Ms Emna Aouij, Tunisia (since May 2011); Ms Mercedes Barquet, Mexico (since May 2011); Ms Kamala Chandrakirana, Indonesia (since May 2011); Ms Frances Raday, Israel/United Kingdom (since May 2011); Ms Eleonora Zielinska, Poland (since May 2011)
- Mandate established by the Council: 6 October 2010
- No reports to the Council so far.
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holders: Mr. Ariel Dulitzky, Argentina/USA (since August 2010); Ms. Jasminka Dzumhur, Bosnia and Herzegovina (since May 2010); Mr Osman El-Hajje, Lebanon (since August 2009); Mr Jeremy Sarkin, South Africa (since May 2008) and Mr Olivier de Frouville, France (since November 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 18 March 2008
- Reports delivered to the Council: 21 March 2007, 22 March 2007, 10 March 2008, 11 March 2008,10 March 2009, 21 December 2009, 28 December 2010, 30 December 2010, 26 January 2011
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Christof Heyns, South Africa (since August 2010)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 18 June 2008
- Reports delivered to the Council: 27 March 2007, 28 March 2007, 24 September 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 11 December 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 2 June 2008, 3 June 2009, 31 March 2010, 20 May 2010, 26 may 2010, 1 June 2010,
Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Ms Maria Magdalena Sepulveda, Chile (since May 2008).
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 5 June 2008
- Reports delivered to the Council: 11 June 2007, 12 June 2007, 27 September 2006, 3 June 2008, 4 June 2008, 5 June 2009, 31 March 2010, 6 May 2010, 22 July 2010, 9 August 2010
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr Olivier de Schutter, Belgium (since May 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 26 September 2007, 12 April 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 11 June 2007, 12 June 2007, 11 March 2008, 12 March 2008, 4 February 2009, 11 February 2009, 17 February 2009, 9 March 2009, 23 July 2009, 22 December 2009, 22 December 2009, 28 December 2009, 26 January 2010, 19 February 2010, 19 February 2010, 26 February 2010, 11 August 2010, 17 December 2010, 27 January 2011, 11 February 2011, 18 February 2011
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
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
- OHCHR information (not yet available)
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Maina Kiai, Kenya (since May 2011)
- Mandate created by the Council: 30 September 2010
- No reports to the council so far.
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt, Germany (since August 2010)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 14 September 2007,17 September 2007, 18 June 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 21 September 2006 (joint report on incitement to racial and religious hatred and the promotion of tolerance), 21 September 2006 (joint report on the situation of detainees at Guantánamo Bay), 22 September 2006 (joint report on incitement to racial and religious hatred and the promotion of tolerance), 27 March 2007, 13 September 2007, 6 January 2009, 16 February 2009, 10 March 2009, 17 July 2009, 21 December 2009, 16 February 2010, 29 July 2010, 15 December 2010, 14 February 2011
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr Anand Grover, India (since August 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 13 December 2007, 6 October 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 21 September 2006 (joint report on the situation of detainees at Guantánamo Bay), 22 September 2006, 4 October 2006 (joint report on mission to Lebanon), 28 March 2007, 29 March 2007, 11 March 2008 , 12 March 2008, 31 March 2009, 18 May 2009, 2 June 2009, 10 August 2009, 27 April 2010, 7 June 2010, 6 August 2010
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Ms Margaret Sekaggya, Uganda (since May 2008).
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 14 March 2008, 8 April 2011
- Reports delivered to the Council: 28 March 2007, 29 March 2007, 24 September 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 11 December 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 12 March 2008, 10 March 2009, 30 December 2009, 24 February 2010, 26 February 2010, 20 December 2010, 28 February 2011, 7 March 2011
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Chaloka Beyani, Zambia (since November 2010)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 26 September 2007, 23 June 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 4 October 2006 (joint report on mission to Lebanon), 20 March 2007, 24 September 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 11 December 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 3 June 2008, 13 February 2009, 12 March 2009, 11 December 2009, 22 December 2009, 5 January 2010, 14 January 2010, 21 January 2010, 9 February 2010, 18 May 2010, 18 May 2010
Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Independent Expert on minority issues
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Githu Muigai, Kenya (since August 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 19 March 2008, 13 April 2011
- Reports delivered to the Council: 18 September 2006, 21 September 2006 (joint report on incitement to racial and religious hatred and the promotion of tolerance), 22 September 2006 (joint report on incitement to racial and religious hatred and the promotion of tolerance), 27 March 2007, 28 March 2007, 14 September 2007, 20 February 2008, 2 September 2008, 19 May 2009, 1 July 2009, 30 March 2010, 12 July 2010, 15 July 2010
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Ms Gulnara Shahinian, Armenia (since May 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: this mandate was established by the Council on 28 September 2007, 5 October 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 28 July 2008, 10 July 2009, 4 September 2009, 28 June 2010, 5 July 2010, 24 August 2010, 26 August 2010, 30 August 2010, 24 September 2010
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
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
- Between 2000 and 2008, this mandate had the title Independent Expert on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr Cephas Lumina, Zambia (since May 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 14 March 2008
- Reports delivered to the Council: 25 September 2006, 21 March 2007, 12 March 2008, 5 June 2009, 12 August 2009, 29 April 2010, 9 August 2010
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Ben Emmerson, UK, (since August 2011)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 13 December 2007, 7 October 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 25 September 2006, 26 September 2006, 26 March 2007, 27 March 2007,10 March 2009, 15 December 2010, 22 December 2010, 14 February 2011
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Juan Ernesto Mendez, Argentina (since November 2010)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 4 June 2008, 12 April 2011
- Reports delivered to the Council: 20 September 2006, 21 September 2006, 21 September 2006 (joint report on the situation of detainees at Guantánamo Bay), 26 March 2007, 24 September 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 11 December 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 10 March 2008, 11 March 2008, 26 March 2009, 16 December 2009, 9 February 2010, 26 February 2010, 15 April 2010, 10 August 2010, 11 October 2010, 3 February 2011, 7 February 2011, 1 March 2011
Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Ms Rashida Manjoo, South Africa (since August 2009)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 14 March 2008, 8 April 2011
- Reports delivered to the Council: 20 September 2006, 20 March 2007, 21 March 2007, 24 September 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 11 December 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 12 March 2008, 3 June 2009, 23 June 2009, 23 April 2010
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Haiti
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Liberia
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr Tomas Ojea Quintana, Argentina (since May 2008)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 17 March 2008, 28 March 2008, 15 April 2010
- Reports delivered to the Council: 27 September 2006 , 23 March 2007 , 11 December 2007, 12 December 2007, 13 March 2008 , 6 June 2008, 16 March 2009, 15 September 2010, 7 March 2011
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan
- In June 2009 the Human Rights Council replaced the Special Rapporteur with an Independent Expert for the period of one year
- OHCHR information
- Current mandate holder: Mr. Mohamed Chande Othman, Tanzania (since October 2009)
- Mandate reviewed by the Council: 13 December 2007, 14 December 2007
- Reports delivered to the Council: 27 September 2006, 13 June 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 24 September 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 11 December 2007 (Expert Group on Darfur), 17 March 2008, 16 June 2009, 26 May 2010, 26 May 2010, 23 June 2010, 23 September 2010, 7 Octobre 2010
Updated 20 May 2011.
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