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Appointments at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council (19 June to 14 July 2023)

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Appointment of mandate holders deferred to the 54th session of the Human Rights Council (11 September - 13 October 2023)

FOR ANY FURTHER PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING THIS SELECTION PROCESS, PLEASE CONSULT THE WEB PAGE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS AT THE 54TH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL.

PRESIDENT’S REVISED LIST of 30 June 2023 with the candidates proposed for the four mandate holders to be appointed at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council 
[ Word | PDF ]

PRESIDENT’S LIST of 5 June 2023 with the candidates proposed for the four mandate holders to be appointed at the fifty-third session of the Human Rights Council
[ Word | PDF ]

President's letter of 19 May 2023 [ 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 fifty-third session of the Human Rights Council
[ Word | PDF ]

Application processes and deadlines

Secretariat note verbale of 21 February 2023
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English | Français (PDF)

Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fifty-third session of the Council
العربية | 中文 | English | Français | русский | Español (Word)
العربية | 中文 | English | Français | русский | Español (PDF)

The application process opened on 21 February and closed on 5 April 2023 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED.

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 ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
Human Rights Council resolution 44/11 and Human Rights Council resolution 53/5 (extending the mandate)

Nezir AKYESILMEN (M)
Türkiye

Jovan ANDONOVSKI (M)
North Macedonia

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Cecilia BAILLIET (F)
Argentina

Nadia BELLAL (F)
Algeria

Fatoumata DIAKITE (F)
Côte d'Ivoire

Tathiana FLORES-ACUNA (F)
Costa Rica

Souhila GUEMMOUDI (F)
Algeria

Syeda Viquar un nisa HASHMI (F)
Pakistan

Muhammad ISLAM (M)
Bangladesh

Vidya Nath JHA (M)
India

Elena LAZĂR (F)
Romania

Manuel MAY CASTILLO (M)
Mexico

Maximilienne NGO MBE (F)
Cameroon

Aristide NONONSI (M)
Benin

María del Carmen QUINTANILLA BARBA (F)
Spain

Maria Mercedes ROSSI (F)
Italy

Magdalena SMIESZEK (F)
Poland

Rita UWASAN (F)
Nigeria

Ralph WILDE (M)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Carmen ZULETA DE MERCHAN (F)
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Special Rapporteur on minority issues
Human Rights Council resolution 43/8 and Human Rights Council resolution 52/5 (extending the mandate)

Joshua CASTELLINO (M)
India

Rosa CELORIO (F)
United States of America

Fatoumata DIAKITE (F)
Côte d'Ivoire

Jacques JENDO (M)
Lebanon

Helena KOROŠEC (F)
Slovenia

Elena LAZĂR (F)
Romania

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Nicolas LEVRAT (M)
Switzerland

Tove H. MALLOY (F)
Denmark

Roberta MEDDA-WINDISCHER (F)
Italy

Farah MIHLAR (F)
Sri Lanka

Eunice NJOVANA (F)
Zimbabwe

Ewelina OCHAB (F)
Poland

Ojot Miru OJULU (M)
Ethiopia

Sunita PATTANAIK (F)
India

Mariya SALIM (F)
India

Ekkehard STRAUSS (M)
Germany

Ricardo III SUNGA (M)
Philippines

Rita UWASAN (F)
Nigeria

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Human Rights Council resolution 43/6 and Human Rights Council resolution 52/20 (extending the mandate)

Diego ACOSTA ARCARAZO (M)
Spain

Susan Musarrat AKRAM (F)
United States of America

Karlos CASTILLA (M)
Spain

Vincent CHETAIL (M)
France

Fatoumata DIAKITE (F)
Côte d'Ivoire

Emiliano GARCÍA COSO (M)
Spain

Andi HOXHAJ* (M)
Albania
*At the candidate’s request, the Word application form has been removed from the website

Leyla KAYACIK (F)
Turkey

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Gehad MADI (M)
Egypt

Rubaba MAMMADOVA (F)
Azerbaijan

Gilberto MARCOS ANTONIO RODRIGUES (M)
Brazil

Fatimata MBAYE (F)
Mauritania

Paola PACE (F)
Italy

Amar ROUABHI (M)
Algeria

Maya SAHLI FADEL (F)
Algeria

Magdalena SMIESZEK (F)
Poland

Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU (F)
Greece

Luis Eduardo ZAVALA DE ALBA (M)
Mexico

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Human Rights Council resolution 49/10

Abdulmajeed ABABTAIN (M)
Saudi Arabia

Mads ANDENAS (M)
Norway

Adejoké BABINGTON-ASHAYE (F)
Nigeria

Cecilia BAILLIET (F)
Argentina

Carmen CHEUNG (F)
United States of America

Helen DUFFY (F)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jayne C. HUCKERBY (F)
Australia

Muhammad ISLAM (M)
Bangladesh

Vidya Nath JHA (M)
India

Satvinder JUSS (M)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Dan KUWALI (M)
Malawi

Vladyslav LANOVOY (M)
Ukraine

Mahmoud MASAELI (M)
Canada

Maximilienne NGO MBE (F)
Cameroon

Aristide NONONSI (M)
Benin

Ambika SATKUNANATHAN (F)
Sri Lanka

APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER
Ben SAUL (M)
Australia

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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.