Nomination, Selection and Appointment of Mandate Holders

NEW: PRESIDENT’S LIST of 22 February 2018 approved by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2018 [Word - PDF]

President’s letter of 8 February 2018 [Word - PDF] transmitting:
REPORT OF THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RELATING TO THE VACANCIES OF MANDATE HOLDERS TO BE APPOINTED AT THE THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (PART II: SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND OF ASSOCIATION)
Report of the Consultative Group (Part II: Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association) [Word - PDF]

President's letter of 2 February 2018 [Word - PDF] transmitting:
REPORT OF THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RELATING TO THE VACANCIES OF MANDATE HOLDERS TO BE APPOINTED AT THE THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (PART I: EIGHT MANDATES)
Report of the Consultative Group (Part I; Eight mandates) [Word - PDF]

Application process is now closed for all nine mandates and applications are no longer accepted

For the following mandate, the application process opened on 18 December 2017 and closed on 23 January 2018 (12 noon Greenwich Mean Time):

• Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

For the following mandate, the application process opened on 30 October and closed on 6 December 2017 (12 noon Greenwich Mean Time):

• Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

For the following seven mandates, the application process opened on 16 October and closed on 6 December 2017 (12 noon Greenwich Mean Time):

• Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Africa
• Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from North America
• Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
• Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
• Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, member from African States
• Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, member from Eastern European States
• Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, member from Latin American and Caribbean States

Call for applications for the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Secretariat note verbale of 18 December 2017
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Extension of the deadline for applications for eight mandates
Secretariat note verbale of 28 November 2017
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Call for applications for the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali
Secretariat note verbale of 30 October 2017
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Call for applications for seven mandates
Secretariat note verbale of 16 October 2017
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For appointments of EMRIP members from the Africa and North America, please see further information here.

For Working Group appointments, only citizens of States belonging to the specific regional groups are eligible. Please refer to the list of United Nations regional groups of Member States.

General information about the selection and appointment process

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