Title / Mandate |
Mandate established |
Mandate extended |
Name & country of origin
of the mandate-holder |
in |
by |
in |
by |
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi |
2004 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/82
(duration of mandate not specified) |
2007 |
Human Rights Council resolution 6/5
(for 1 year) |
Mr. Akich OKOLA ( Kenya ) |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia |
1993 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/6 |
2005 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/77
(duration of mandate not specified) |
Mr. Yash GHAI( Kenya ) |
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
2004 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/13
(duration of mandate not specified) |
2008 |
Human Rights Council resolution 7/15
(for 1 year) |
Mr. Vitit MUNTARBHORN
( Thailand ) |
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Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Haiti |
1995 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/70
(duration of mandate not specified) |
2007 |
Human Rights Council PRST/6/1 |
Mr. Louis JOINET ( France ) |
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Liberia |
2003 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2003/82
(for 3 years) |
2007 |
Human Rights Council resolution 6/31 (for 1 year) |
Ms. Charlotte ABAKA ( Ghana ) |
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar |
1992 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/58 |
2008 |
Human Rights Council resolution 7/32
(for 1 year) |
Mr. Tomas Ojea QUINTANA ( Argentina) |
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 |
1993 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/2 A
(“until the end of the Israeli occupation”) |
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Mr. Richard FALK ( United States of America) |
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia |
1993 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/86 |
2008 |
Human Rights Council resolution 7/35
(for 1 year) |
Mr. Shamsul BARI (Bangladesh) |
Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights in the Sudan |
2005 |
Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/82
(for 1 year) |
2007 |
HumanRights Council resolution 6/34 (for 1 year) |
Ms. Sima SAMAR ( Afghanistan ) |