Appointments made at the 40th session of the Human Rights Council (25 February – 22 March 2019)

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PRESIDENT’S LIST of 11 February 2019, approved by the Human Rights Council on 22 March 2019 [Word - PDF]

President’s letter of 28 January 2019 [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 FORTIETH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Report [Word - PDF]

Application processes and deadlines

Call for applications for four EMRIP members from four indigenous sociocultural regions
Secretariat note verbale of 5 November 2018
English | French (Word)
English | French (pdf)

APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW CLOSED FOR ALL MANDATES AND APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED

The application process opened on 5 November and closed on 18 December 2018 (12 noon Greenwich Mean Time)

For appointments of EMRIP members, please see additional information.

General information about the selection and appointment process

Frequently asked questions

Nomination, Selection and Appointment of Mandate Holders

Mandates and list of candidates

MANDATE	LIST OF CANDIDATES
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Africa Human Rights Council resolution 33/25	Nourredine BESSADI (M) Algeria Shatikha CHIVUSIA (F) Kenya APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Belkacem LOUNES (M) Algeria Daniel MEKONNEN (M) Eritrea Mukwiza Felix NDAHINDA (M) Netherlands Irene NJERI (F) Kenya Severin SINDIZERA (M) Burundi Adele WILDSCHUT (F) South Africa
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia Human Rights Council resolution 33/25	Borys BABIN (M) Ukraine Tatyana DYATLOVA (F) Russian Federation Sergey KHARYUCHI (M) Russian Federation Vera KONDRATEVA (F) Russian Federation Vasilii NEMECHKIN (M) Russian Federation Marina ODZIAL (F) Russian Federation Stepan PETROV (M) Russian Federation APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Rodion SULYANDZIGA (M) Russian Federation Olga TIMOFEEVA-TERESHKINA (F) Russian Federation
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and South America, and the Caribbean Human Rights Council resolution 33/25	Anexa ALFRED CUNNINGHAM (F) Nicaragua Americo Javier AROCA (M) Peru Alvaro BACA (M) Nicaragua Ricardo BHARATH HERNANDEZ (M) Trinidad and Tobago Sandra CEBALLOS (F) Argentina Olga MONTÚFAR CONTRERAS (F) Mexico Alexandre SOMMER-SCHAECHTELE (M) France Diego TITUAÑA (M) Ecuador APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Erika YAMADA (F) Brazil Verónica María YUQUILEMA YUPANGUI (F) Ecuador
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from the Pacific Human Rights Council resolution 33/25	APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Megan DAVIS (F) Australia Hannah MCGLADE (F) Australia Anne Leimala PAKOA TAU (F) Vanuatu Laitia TAMATA (M) Fiji Hai-Yuean TUALIMA(F) Samoa At the candidate’s request, the Word application form has been removed from the website but can be obtained upon request from the Secretariat. Jethro TULIN(M) Papua New Guinea

MANDATE

LIST OF CANDIDATES

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Africa

Human Rights Council resolution 33/25

Nourredine BESSADI (M)
Algeria

Shatikha CHIVUSIA (F)
Kenya

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Belkacem LOUNES (M)
Algeria

Daniel MEKONNEN (M)
Eritrea

Mukwiza Felix NDAHINDA (M)
Netherlands

Irene NJERI (F)
Kenya

Severin SINDIZERA (M)
Burundi

Adele WILDSCHUT (F)
South Africa

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia

Human Rights Council resolution 33/25

Borys BABIN (M)
Ukraine

Tatyana DYATLOVA (F)
Russian Federation

Sergey KHARYUCHI (M)
Russian Federation

Vera KONDRATEVA (F)
Russian Federation

Vasilii NEMECHKIN (M)
Russian Federation

Marina ODZIAL (F)
Russian Federation

Stepan PETROV (M)
Russian Federation

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Rodion SULYANDZIGA (M)
Russian Federation

Olga TIMOFEEVA-TERESHKINA (F)
Russian Federation

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and South America, and the Caribbean

Human Rights Council resolution 33/25

Anexa ALFRED CUNNINGHAM (F)
Nicaragua

Americo Javier AROCA (M)
Peru

Alvaro BACA (M)
Nicaragua

Ricardo BHARATH HERNANDEZ (M)
Trinidad and Tobago

Sandra CEBALLOS (F)
Argentina

Olga MONTÚFAR CONTRERAS (F)
Mexico

Alexandre SOMMER-SCHAECHTELE (M)
France

Diego TITUAÑA (M)
Ecuador

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Erika YAMADA (F)
Brazil

Verónica María YUQUILEMA YUPANGUI (F)
Ecuador

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from the Pacific

Human Rights Council resolution 33/25

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Megan DAVIS (F)
Australia

Hannah MCGLADE (F)
Australia

Anne Leimala PAKOA TAU (F)
Vanuatu

Laitia TAMATA (M)
Fiji

Hai-Yuean TUALIMA*(F)
Samoa
* At the candidate’s request, the Word application form has been removed from the website but can be obtained upon request from the Secretariat.

Jethro TULIN(M)
Papua New Guinea

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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