Appointments at the 49th session of the Human Rights Council (28 February to 1 April 2022)
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PRESIDENT’S LIST of 22 February 2022, approved by the Human Rights Council on 1 April 2022 [ Word | PDF ]
President's letter of 8 February 2022 [ Word | PDF ] transmitting:
ADDENDUM TO THE 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 FORTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL – MANDATES 3 EMRIP MEMBERS AND 3 WORKING GROUPS ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, AND ON THE USE OF MERCENARIES
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President's letter of 25 January 2022 [ 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 FORTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL – MANDATES ON AFGHANISTAN, ARBITRARY DETENTION, BURUNDI, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES [ Word | PDF ]
Application processes and deadlines
Secretariat note verbale of 26 October 2021
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Call for applications for the 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 (additional vacancy)
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Note: This is an unforeseen vacancy due to the resignation of the current mandate holder.
For the following mandate only, the application process opened on 26 October and closed on 7 December 2021 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
11. 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
Secretariat note verbale of 25 November 2021
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Extension of the deadline for applications for two vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at the forty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council
For the following two mandates only, the application process opened on 14 October and closed on 2 December 2021 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
9. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi
10. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Secretariat note verbale of 14 October 2021
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the forty-ninth session of the Council
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For the following eight mandates, the application process opened on 14 October and closed on 25 November 2021 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and South America, and the Caribbean
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from the Pacific
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, member from Western European and other States
- Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, member from Asia-Pacific States
- Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from Asia-Pacific States
Only nationals of the States belonging to the regional groups, for which specific Working Group vacancies have been advertised, are eligible to apply for the Working Group mandates. Please refer to the list of the United Nations regional groups of Member States.
For EMRIP members, candidates need to represent one of the three indigenous sociocultural regions for which vacancies have been advertised. Please see additional information on EMRIP.
General information about the selection and appointment process
Nomination, Selection and Appointment of Mandate Holders
Mandates and list of candidates
| MANDATE | LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES |
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Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia |
Borys BABIN (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Rodion SULYANDZIGA (M) Nina VEYSALOVA (F) Vitaly ZOLOCHEVSKIY (M) |
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Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from Central and South America, and the Caribbean |
Maria Luisa ACOSTA (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER María Eugenia CHOQUE (F) Simón Freddy CONDO RIVEROS (M) Manuel LOPEZ DELGADO (M) Olga MONTÚFAR CONTRERAS (F) Leonardo RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ (M) Victor TOLEDO LLANCAQUEO (M) Carlos VITERI GUALINGA (M) |
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Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), member from the Pacific |
Claire CHARTERS (F) Laiseni Fanon Charisma LIAVA'A (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Solamalemalo Saeumalo Hai-Yuean Faatapepe Menime TUALIMA (F) Laiakini WAQANISAU (M) |
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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change |
Yvonne AKI-SAWYERR (F) Sumudu ATAPATTU (F) Rebecca BRATSPIES (F) Sandra CASSOTTA (F) Eeshan CHATURVEDI (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Maria GAVOUNELI (F) Erika GEORGE (F) Rodolfo GODÍNEZ ROSALES (M) Alexandra HARRINGTON (F) Tessa KHAN (F) Helena KOROŠEC (F) Viviana KRSTICEVIC (F) Cephas LUMINA (M) Nema MILANINIA (M) Kumi NAIDOO (M) Gervais NZOA (M) Astrid PUENTES RIAÑO (F) Tikumporn RODKHUNMUANG (Non-binary) Sindra Devi SHARMA (F) Dhananjayan SRISKANDARAJAH (M) Victoria Lucia TAULI-CORPUZ (F) Valmaine TOKI (F) Christina VOIGT (F) Laiakini WAQANISAU (M) Margaretha WEWERINKE-SINGH (F) |
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan |
Leila ALIKARAMI (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Karima BENNOUNE (F) Kamala CHANDRAKIRANA (F) Maurizio CUSIMANO (M) Kerem GÜLAY (M) Segun JEGEDE (M) T. KUMAR (M) Nema MILANINIA (M) Kimberley Cy. MOTLEY (F) Marjan NAHAVANDI (F) Norah NILAND (F) Ahmed SHAHEED (M) Saman ZIA-ZARIFI (M) |
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi |
Maurizio CUSIMANO (M) Frédéric FOKA TAFFO (M) Segun JEGEDE (M) Marie Thérèse KEITA BOCOUM* (F) Gerard NSENGIYUMVA (M) Ekkehard STRAUSS (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER |
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/2A and Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 |
Susan M. AKRAM (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Michelle BURGIS-KASTHALA (F) Muhammad Muzahidul ISLAM (M) Usha NATARAJAN (F) Ralph WILDE (M) |
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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, member from Western European and other States |
Nicolas BRATZA (M) Alessio BRUNI (M) John CERONE (M) Anna CROWE (F) Maurizio CUSIMANO (M) Bernard DUHAIME (M) Steven GALLIVER-ANDREW (M) Jared GENSER (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Alex NEVE (M) Vincent PLOTON (M) René PROVOST (M) Diego RODRIGUEZ-PINZON (M) Nick STANAGE (M) Oliver WINDRIDGE (M) |
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Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, member from Asia-Pacific States |
Ibrahim ALSHEDDI (M) Mary Aileen D. BACALSO (F) Xiangping HE (F) Aruni JAYAKODY (F) Jazmin JERUSALEM (F) Fawzia KOOFI (F) Nikolas Iordanis KYRIACOU (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Leonidas PANTELIDES (M) Ying SHEN (F) Ricardo A. SUNGA III (M) Niteesh Kumar UPADHYAY (M) Laiakini WAQANISAU (M) Jing XIE (F) |
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Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from Asia-Pacific States |
Natalie ALKIVIADOU (F) Yan CAO (F) Rangita DE SILVA DE ALWIS (F) Xiaohui LIANG (M) Jiu LIU (F) Seree NONTHASOOT (M) Manishankar PRASAD (M) Patricia RINWIGATI (F) Phattharaphong Phil SAENGKRAI (M) Wei TU (M) Niteesh Kumar UPADHYAY (M) Laiakini WAQANISAU (M) Zhu XIAO (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Bo YI (M) Wei ZHANG (M) Xiaoming ZHANG (M) Wanhong ZHANG (M) |
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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 |
Nicolás CARRILLO SANTARELLI (M) Carmen Rosa DE LEON-ESCRIBANO (F) Salvador HERENCIA CARRASCO (M) Paulo de Tarso LUGON ARANTES (M) Andrés MACÍAS TOLOSA (M) Mónica ROCHA-HERRERA (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER |
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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.