Most recent press release

Déclaration de l'Expert indépendant à la 17eme session du CDH, 16 juin 2011
16 juin 2011

Burundi: UN independent expert welcomes appointments to new Human Rights Commission
23 May 2011

Burundi: UN expert urges government to press ahead with the new Independent National Human Rights Commission
2 February 2011

The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council are thematic and country-related. Independent Expert is one of the titles used for these procedures. The present one was established in 1995.

• Mr. Fatsah Ouguergouz (Algeria) since 2010
• Mr. Akich Okola (Kenya), 2004-2010
• Ms. Marie-Therese Aïssata Kéita-Bocoum (Côte d'Ivoire), 1999-2004
• Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (Brazil), 1995-1999

• Reports:
  Rapport de l’expert indépendant chargé d’examiner la situation des droits de l’homme au Burundi (A/HRC/16/CRP.1)
  
  
• Documents:
  Independent Expert and Special Rapporteur
  
  
• Press releases:
  Independent Expert and Special Rapporteur