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1 November 2011

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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
2000
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/9
2007
Human Rights Council resolution 6/27
Ms. Raquel ROLNIK
(Brazil)
srhousing@ohchr.org
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 15/8
Working Group on people of African descent
2002
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/68
2003
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2003/30

Ms. Mirjana NAJCEVSKA (The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Chair-Rapporteur

Ms. Monorama BISWAS(Bangladesh)
Ms. Mireille FANON-MENDES-FRANCE (France)
Ms. Maya SAHLI (Algeria)
Ms. Verene SHEPHERD (Jamaica)

africandescent@ohchr.org

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 9/14

2011
Human Rights Council resolution 18/28
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
1991
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1991/42
1997
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/50
Mr. El Hadji Malick SOW (Senegal)
Chair-Rapporteur
Ms. Shaheen Sardar ALI
(Pakistan)
Vice-Chair
Mr. Roberto GARRETON (Chile)
Mr. Vladimir TOCHILOVSKY (Ukraine)
Mr. Mads ANDENAS
(Norway)  
wgad@ohchr.org
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 15/18
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 Maalla M'JID
(Morocco)
srsaleofchildren@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/12
Independent Expert in the
field of cultural rights
2009
Human Rights Council
resolution 10/23
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Ms. Farida SHAHEED
(Pakistan)
ieculturalrights@ohchr.org

Independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

2011
Human Rights Council resolution 18/6
... ... To be appointed at the 19th HRC session ..
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
1998
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/33
2008
Human Rights Council resolution 8/4
Mr. Kishore SINGH
(India) .
sreducation@ohchr.org.
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 17/3
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)
Chair-Rapporteur

Mr. Ariel DULITZKY (Argentina/United States of America)
Ms. Jazminka DZUMHUR
(
Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mr. Olivier de FROUVILLE (France)
Mr. Osman EL-HAJJE (Lebanon)
wgeid@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council  resolution 16/16
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
1982
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1982/35
2008
Human Rights Council resolution 17/5
Mr. Christof HEYNS
(South Africa)
eje@ohchr.org
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
1998
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/25
2008
Human Rights Council resolution 17/13
Ms. Maria Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA CARMONA (Chile) srextremepoverty@ohchr.org
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 (Belgium) srfood@ohchr.org
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)
ieforeigndebt@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/14
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 15/21
. . Mr. Maina KIAI (Kenya) freeassembly@ohchr.org
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)
freedex@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/4
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
1986
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1986/20
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 14/11
Mr. Heiner BIELEFELDT
(Germany)
freedomofreligion@ohchr.org
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
Mr. Anand GROVER
(India)
srhealth@ohchr.org
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
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/5
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 KNAUL
(Brazil)
srindependencejl@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 17/2
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
2001
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/57
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 15/14
Mr. James ANAYA
(United States of America)
indigenous@ohchr.org
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
2004
Commission on Human Rights resolution
2004/55
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 14/6
Mr.Chaloka BEYANI
(Zambia)
idp@ohchr.org
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
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 15/12
Ms. Faiza PATEL
(Pakistan)
Chair-Rapporteur

Ms. Patricia ARIAS (Chile)
Ms. Elzbieta KARSKA (Poland)
Mr. Anton KATZ (South Africa)
Mr. Gabor RONA (USA/Hungary)
mercenaries@ohchr.org
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 CREPEAU
(Canada)
migrant@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 17/12
Independent Expert on minority issues
2005
Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/79
2008
Human Rights Council resolution 7/6
Ms. Rita IZSÁK
(Hungary)
minorityissues@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/6
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation & guarantees on non-recurrence
2011

Human Rights Council resolution 18/7

2011
Human Rights Council resolution 18/7
To be appointed at the 19th HRC session ..
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. Mutuma RUTEERE
(Kenya)

racism@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/33
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
2007
Human Rights Council resolution 6/14
2010
Human Rights Council resolution
15/2
Ms. Gulnara SHAHINIAN (Armenia) srslavery@ohchr.org
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
2005
Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/55

2008

 

Human Rights Council resolution 7/5

Ms. Virginia DANDAN
(Philippines)
iesolidarity@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 17/6
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism
2005
Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/80
2010
Human Rights Council resolution 15/15
Mr. Ben EMMERSON
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
srct@ohchr.org
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
(Argentina)
sr-torture@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/23

Special Rapporteur on the human rights obligations related to environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and waste

1995
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/81
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 18/11
Mr. Calin GEORGESCU
(Romania)
srtoxicwaste@ohchr.org
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children
2004
Commission on Human Rights resolution
2004/110

2008

Human Rights Council resolution 8/12

Ms. Joy Ngozi EZEILO (Nigeria) srtrafficking@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 17/1
Working Group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 17/4
.. ..

Mr. Michael K. ADDO (Ghana)
Mr. Puvan SELVANATHAN (Malaysia)
Mr. Pavel SULYANDZIGA (Russian Federation)
Ms. Alexandra GUAQUETA (Colombia/USA)
Ms. Margaret JUNGK (USA)

wg-business@ohchr.org
Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
2008
Human Rights Council resolution 7/22
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/2
Ms. Catarina de ALBUQUERQUE
(Portugal)
srwatsan@ohchr.org
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice
2010
Human Rights Council resolution
15/23
. .

Ms. Kamala CHANDRAKIRANA(Indonesia)
Chair-Rapporteur

Ms. Emna AOUIJ
(Tunisia)
Ms. Mercedes BARQUET (Mexico)
Ms. Frances RADAY (Israel/United Kingdom)
Ms. Eleonora ZIELINSKA (Poland)

wgdiscriminationwomen@ohchr.org
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)
vaw@ohchr.org
2011
Human Rights Council resolution 16/7

 

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