Nomination, Selection and Appointment of Mandate Holders

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Appointments made at the 29th session of the Human Rights Council (15 June - 3 July 2015)

What's new

NEW: PRESIDENT'S LIST presented on 1 July 2015 and approved by the Council on 3 July 2015
English [Word - PDF]

President's letter [Word - PDF] transmitting:
REPORT OF THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP WITH ITS RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE SELECTION OF THE SIX MANDATE HOLDERS TO BE APPOINTED AT THE 29TH SESSION
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Application processes and deadlines

APPLICATION PROCESS NOW CLOSED FOR ALL MANDATES

Application process opened on 6 and 31 March 2015 respectively and closed on 30 April 2015 (12 noon GMT)

Call for applications for two additional mandates established by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-ninth session

Secretariat note verbale of 31 March 2015: Call for applications for two additional mandates
English [Word - PDF] – French [Word - PDF]

Call for applications
Secretariat note verbale of 6 March 2015: Call for applications
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Updated information on the selection and appointment procedure [English | French]

General information about the application and selection process

Nomination, Selection and Appointment of Mandate Holders

Application forms posted in alphabetical order as received prior to the deadline. Information contained therein is subject to reference check.

MANDATE	LIST OF CANDIDATES
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism Human Rights Council resolution 28/6	Mr. Bakari DIABY Côte d'Ivoire APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ms. Ikponwosa ERO Nigeria Mr. Jean Baptiste HARELIMANA Rwanda Ms. Rhoda IGE Nigeria Mr. Garth MULLINS Canada Mr. Tom ONYANGO Kenya Mr. Abdallah POSSI Tanzania Mr. Alain VALLIÈRES Canada
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Human Rights Council resolution 28/16	Mr. Nafees AHMAD India Mr. Mads ANDENAS Norway Mr. Driss BELMAHI Morocco Ms. Héla BEN MILED Tuinisia Mr. Eduardo BERTONI Argentina Ms. Divya BHATI India Mr. Marcelo BRETAS Brazil APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Mr. Joseph CANNATACI Malta Mr. Suhas CHAKMA India Mr. Anupam CHANDER United States of America Ms. Nighat DAD Pakistan Mr. Thomas DRAKE United States of America Mr. Mohab ELSHORBAGI Egypt Ms. Gemma GALDON CLAVELL Spain Mr. Péter KIMPIÁN Hungary Mr. Jacob KOHNSTAMM Netherlands Ms. Joanna KULESZA Poland Mr. Christopher KUNER Germany Mr. Marko LOGAR Slovenia Ms. Katrin NYMAN METCALF Estonia Mr. Juan Pablo OLMEDO Chile Ms. Faiza PATEL Pakistan Mr. José-Luis PIÑAR Spain Ms. Krishendaye RAMPERSAD Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Marc ROTENBERG United States of America Mr. Peter SCHAAR Germany Mr. Mpolo TSHILOMBO Democratic Republic of the Congo Mr. Alain VALLIÈRES Canada Mr. Jean-Marc VAN GYSEGHEM Belgium Mr. Rolf WEBER Switzerland
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Human Rights Council resolution 26/7	Mr. Ali AL-MARRI Qatar Mr. Paul Otiende AMOLLO Kenya Mr. Mads ANDENAS Norway Mr Ilias BANTEKAS Greece Ms. Maria del Rocío BARAHONA RIERA Costa Rica Ms. Christina CERNA Nicaragua Ms. Christine CHANET France Mr. Osman EL HAJJE Lebanon Mr. Eugene FIDELL United States of America Mr. Kamel FILALI Algeria Mr. Jared GENSER United States of America Mr. Azzedine GHOUFRANE Morocco Ms. Gina GOGA Romania Mr. Armel Bonnisseur KOOHO A KEMOUM Cameroon Ms. Laurina KOSTER Netherlands Ms. Magali LAFOURCADE France Ms. Cornelia LALU Romania Mr. Marko LOGAR Slovenia Mr. Cesare LOMBRASSA Italy Ms. Maria MARCU Romania Ms. Monica MARTINEZ Spain Mr. Petre MATEI Romania Mr. El Hacene MBARECK Mauritania Mr. Etienne NEBOT Cameroon Ms. Raluca-Andreea NICULESCU-GORPIN Romania Ms. Claudia PAZ Y PAZ BAILEY Guatemala Mr. Carlos PÉREZ VÁZQUEZ Mexico APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ms. Mónica PINTO Argentina Mr. Geoffrey ROBERTSON United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr. Donald RUKARE Uganda Mr. Wolfgang SCHOMBURG Germany Mr. El Hadji Malick SOW Senegal Ms. Sultana TAFADAR* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr. Vladimir TOCHILOVSKY Ukraine Mr. Carlos VARELA ALVAREZ Argentina Ms. Carmen Rosa VILLA QUINTANA Peru Ms. Leila ZHAKAYEVA Kazakhstan Mr. Fortuné Gaétan ZONGO Burkina Faso Mr. Boštjan ZUPANČIČ Slovenia
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Human Rights Council resolution 23/25	Ms. Gertrud ÅSTRÖM Sweden Ms. Mona ATTIA Egypt Ms. Nandini AZAD India Ms. Maria del Rocío BARAHONA RIERA Costa Rica Ms. Elizabeth BRODERICK Australia Ms. Ghita EL KHYARI Morocco Mr. Kamel FILALI Algeria Ms. Penelopa GJURCHILOVA The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ms. Amani IBRAHIM Egypt Ms. Annie KASHAMURA ZAWADI Democratic Republic of the Congo Ms. Jennes LEKIMAIN Kenya Ms. Emilia LOBTI Cameroon Ms. Ichinnorov MANJAA Mongolia Ms. Maria MARCU Romania Mr. Petre MATEI Romania Mr. El Hacene MBARECK Mauritania Ms. Laura MIRACHIAN Italy Ms. Oluwafunmilayo PARA-MALLAM Nigeria Ms. Krishendaye RAMPERSAD Trinidad and Tobago Ms. Panagiota SALIMPA Greece Ms. Sima SAMAR Afghanistan APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ms. Dubravka ŠIMONOVIĆ Croatia Ms. Ana TRISIC BABIC Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms. Susana VILLARÁN DE LA PUENTE Peru
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, member from Western European and other States Human Rights Council resolution 24/7	Mr. Andrew BYRNES Australia Ms. Flora Pearl ELIADIS Greece Mr. Jared GENSER United States of America Ms. Marina NEMAT Canada Mr. Cesare ROMANO Italy Mr. Nick STANAGE Ireland Ms. Hélène TIGROUDJA France APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ms. Leigh TOOMEY Australia Mr. Wilbert VAN HÖVELL* Netherlands
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, member from Asia-Pacific States Human Rights Council resolution 27/1	Mr. Wadih AL ASMAR Lebanon Ms. Mary Aileen BACALSO Philippines APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Mr. Tae-Ung BAIK Republic of Korea Mr. Suhas CHAKMA India Mr. Ravindran DANIEL JUSTIN India Ms. Nimalka FERNANDO Sri Lanka Mr. Nikolas Iordanis KYRIACOU Cyprus

* At the request of the candidate the Word application form has been removed from the website but can be obtained upon request from the Secretariat.

Should the appointee to any of the mandates be a person with a disability, the United Nations would be obliged to ensure reasonable accommodation for the mandate holder in the implementation of his/her mandate. This may include provisions for the mandate holder to be accompanied during official travels by a personal assistant, and/or for additional conference services (such as sign language interpretation) in respect of meetings in which the mandate holder participates.

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