Title / Mandate

Mandate established

Mandate extended

Name & country of origin
of the mandate-holder(s)

in

by

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by

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

2000

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/9

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/27

Ms. Raquel ROLNIK
(Brazil)

Working Group on people of African descent

2002

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/68

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 9/14

• Ms. Maya SAHLI
  (Algeria)
• Ms. Monorama Biswas (Bangladesh)
• Mr. Ralston Milton NETTLEFORD (Jamaica)
• Mr. Linos-Alexandros SICILIANOS, (Greece)
• Ms. Mirjana Najcevska (The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)  

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

1991

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1991/42

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/4

• Mr. El Hadji Malick SOW (Senegal) Chairperson-Rapporteur
  
• Ms. Shaheen Sardar ALI
  (Pakistan)
  
  Vice-Chairperson
• Mr. Roberto GARRETON (Chile)
• Mr. Aslan ABASHIDZE (Russian Federation)
• Mr. Mads ANDENAS
  (Norway)

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

Ms. Najat M’jid MAALLA (Morocco)

Special Rapporteur on the right to education

1998

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/33

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/4

Mr. Vernor MUÑOZ VILLALOBOS
(Costa Rica)

Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

1980

Commission on Human Rights resolution 20 (XXXVI)

2007

Human Rights Council resolution
7/12

• Mr. Jeremy SARKIN (South Africa) Chairperson-Rapporteur
• Mr. Santiago CORCUERA CABEZUT(Mexico)
• Mr. Darko GÖTTLICHER (Croatia)
• Mr. Olivier de FROUVILLE (France)
• Mr. Osman EL-HAJJE (Lebanon)

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

1982

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1982/35

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/3

Mr. Philip ALSTON
(Australia)

Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

1998

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/25

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/11

Ms. Maria Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA CARMONA (Chile)

Special Rapporteur on the right to food

2000

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/10

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/2

Mr. Olivier de SCHUTTER (Belgium)

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

2000

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/82

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 7/4

Mr. Cephas LUMINA
(Zambia)

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

Mr. Frank La Rue
(Guatemala)

Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

1986

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1986/20

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/37

Ms. Asma JAHANGIR
(Pakistan)

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
(for 3 years)

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/29

Mr. Anand GROVER
(India)
 

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

2000

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/61

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 7/8

Ms. Margaret SEKAGGYA (Uganda)

defenders@ohchr.org

Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers

1994

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/41

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/6

Ms. Gabriela Carina Knaul de ALBUQUERQUE E SILVA (Brazil)
 

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people

2001

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/57

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/12

Mr. James ANAYA
(United States of America)

Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons

2004

Commission on Human Rights resolution
2004/55
(for 2 years)

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/32

Mr. Walter KÄLIN
(Switzerland)

Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

2005

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/2
(for 3 years)

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 7/21

• Ms. Shaista SHAMEEM (Fiji) : Chairperson-Rapporteur
• Mr. Alexander Ivanovich NIKITIN (Russian Federation) :
• Mr. José GÓMEZ DEL PRADO (Spain)
• Ms. Najat AL-HAJJAJI (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
• Ms. Amada BENAVIDES DE PÉREZ (Colombia)

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

1999

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/44

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/10

Mr. Jorge A. BUSTAMANTE (Mexico)

Independent Expert on minority issues

2005

Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/79

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 7/6

Ms. Gay MCDOUGALL
(United States of America)

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

Mr. Githu MUIGAI
(Kenya)

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/14

Ms. Gulnara SHAHINIAN (Armenia)

Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity

2005

Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/55
(for 3 years)

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 7/5

Mr. Rudi Muhammad RIZKI
(Indonesia)

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism

2005

Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/80
(for 3 years)

2007

Human Rights Council resolution 6/28
(for 3 years)

Mr. Martin SCHEININ
(Finland)

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. Manfred NOWAK
(Austria)

Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights

1995

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/81

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 9/1

Mr. Okechukwu IBEANU
(Nigeria)

Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

2004

Commission on Human Rights resolution
2004/110

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/12

Ms. Joy Ngozi EZEILO (Nigeria)

Special Representative of the SG on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

2005

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/69

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/7

Mr. John RUGGIE
(United States of America)

Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 7/22

Ms. Catarina de ALBUQUERQUE
(Portugal)

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
(South Africa)