Current Thematic and Country Mandates
Currently, there are 36 Special Rapporteurs, Special Representatives and Independent Experts who serve under the following country and thematic mandates:
Countries and Territories
- Burundi - Fatsah Ouguergouz, Independent Expert on Human Rights (2010– )
- Cambodia - Surya Prasad Subedi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights (2009– )
- Haiti - Michel Forst, Independent Expert on human rights (2008– )
- Myanmar - Tomas Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on human rights (2010– )
- North Korea - Marzuki Darusman, Special Rapporteur on human rights (2010– )
- Palestinian Territories - Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur on human rights (1993–xxxx), (March 26, 2008– )
- Somalia - Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on human rights (2008– )
- Sudan - Mohamed Chande Othman, Special Rapporteur on human rights (2005– )
- Iran - Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights (2011- )
Themes
- Adequate Housing - Raquel Rolnik (2008– )
- Contemporary Forms of Slavery Gulnara Shahinian (2007– )
- Cultural Rights Farida Shaheed (2009-)
- Democratic and Equitable International Order - Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (2012-)
- Education - Kishore Singh (2008– )
- Effects of Economic Reform Policies and Foreign Debt on Human Rights - Cephas Lumina (2008– )
- Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions - Christof Heyns (2008– )
- Right to Food - Olivier De Schutter (2008– )
- Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association - Maina Kiai (2011– )
- Freedom of Opinion and Expression - Frank William La Rue (2008– )
- Freedom of Religion or Belief - Heiner Bielefeldt (2010– )
- Human Rights Defenders - Margaret Sekaggya (2008– )
- Independence of Judges and Lawyers - Gabriela Carina Knaul de Albuquerque e Silva (2008– )
- Minority Issues - Rita Izsak (2011– )
- Physical and Mental Health - Anand Grover (2007– )
- Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism - Martin Scheinin (2005–2011) Ben Emmerson (2011-
- Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance - Githu Muigai (2008– )
- Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography - Najat M’jid Maala (2008– )
- Torture - Juan E. Méndez (2008– )
- Trafficking in Persons - Joy Ngozi Ezeilo (2008– )
- Violence against Women - Rashida Manjoo (2009– )
- Human Rights and Access to Safe Drinking water and Sanitation - Catarina de Albuquerque (2008- )
- Human Rights and International Solidarity - Rudi Muhammad Rizki (2005– )
- Human Rights and the Illicit Movement of Toxic Waste - Calin Georgescu (2008– )
- Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises - John Ruggie (2005– )
- Human Rights of Indigenous People - James Anaya (2008– )
- Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons - Chaloka Beyani (2010– )
- Human Rights of Migrants - François Crépeau (2011– )
- Human Rights and the Environment - to be determined (2012- )
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