Appointments at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council (13 June to 8 July 2022)
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PRESIDENT’S LIST of 2 June 2022, approved by the Human Rights Council on 8 July 2022 [ Word | PDF ]
President's letter of 24 May 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 fiftieth session of the Human Rights Council
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Application processes and deadlines
Secretariat note verbale of 8 April 2022
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Extension of the deadline for applications for four vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at the fiftieth session of the Human Rights Council
For the following four mandates only, the application process opened on 22 February and closed on 13 April 2022 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
1. Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
2. Special Rapporteur on the right to education
3. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
4. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from African States
For the following four mandates only, the application process opened on 22 February and closed on 6 April 2022 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
5. Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, member from Latin American and Caribbean States
6. Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
7. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, member from Eastern European States
8. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from Western European and other States
Secretariat note verbale of 22 February 2022
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fiftieth session of the Council
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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.
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 |
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Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, member from Latin American and Caribbean States* |
Juan Manuel AMAYA-CASTRO (M) Ramiro BARRIGA (M) Paulo de Tarso LUGON ARANTES (M) Victor SACO (M) Daniel Fernando URIBE TERAN (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER |
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Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief |
Bibhu DASH (M) Ying GAO (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Satvinder JUSS (M) Junyan LIANG (F) Lina MA (F) Jihong MO (M) Amna NAZIR (F) Ewelina U. OCHAB (F) Rosemarie PARRIS RICHTER (F) Louis Robert SENGHOR (M) Drolma SONAM (F) Denakpon TCHOBO (M) Knox THAMES (M) Niteesh Kumar UPADHYAY (M) Katharina VON SCHNURBEIN (F) |
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Special Rapporteur on the right to education |
Raghad AL SAADI (F) Taghreed ALSARAJ (F) Sylvain AUBRY (M) Ilias BANTEKAS (M) Bibhu DASH (M) Jan DE GROOF (M) Fatima-Zohra DELLADJ-SEBAA (F) Loise GICHUHI (F) Souhila GUEMMOUDI (F) Steven HAINES (M) Carla HANANIA DE VARELA (F) Anohar JOHN (M) Xia LI (F) Chen LIU (F) Jihene MALEK (F) Mikel MANCISIDOR (M) Joash Abere MIGOSI (M) Luísa NETTO (F) Christine Muhonja OLANDO (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Hayat SHEHAB (F) Tony Peters Musungu SISULE (M) Rhona SMITH (F) Min TIAN (M) Juliette TORABIAN (F) Niteesh Kumar UPADHYAY (M) Yan XIANG (F) |
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
Homayoun ALIZADEH (M) Michael C. DAVIS (M) Ermal FRASHERI (M) Muhammad Muzahidul ISLAM (M) Sriprapha PETCHARAMESREE (F) Andrzej RZEPLIŃSKI (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ricardo III SUNGA (M) |
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment* |
Uju Roselyn AGOMOH (F) Siham AL-JIBOURY (F) Sareta ASHRAPH (F) Lise-Lotte CARLSSON (F) John CERONE (M) Michael C. DAVIS (M) Jasteena DHILLON (F) Jan DOERFEL (M) Carolyn EDGERTON (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Malcolm David EVANS (M) Karinna FERNÁNDEZ(F) Felice GAER (F) Lisa HAJJAR (F) Xiangping HE (F) Verónica HINESTROZA ARENAS (F) Segun JEGEDE (M) Ting JIN (F) Changlin LI (M) Xiao LI(F) Sabrina MAHTANI (F) Piya MUQIT (F) Amna NAZIR* (F) Maria Alicia NOLI (F) Ying SHEN (F) El Hadji Malick SOW (M) Elīna ŠTEINERTE (F) Vladimir TOCHILOVSKY *(M) Karen TSE (F) |
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Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, member from Eastern European States |
APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ermal FRASHERI (M) Eva NUDD (F) Ewelina U. OCHAB (F) |
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Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from African States* |
Omogboyega ABE (M) Marie-Louise AREN (F) David BILCHITZ (M) Kuzi CHARAMBA (M) Solomon Ayele DERSSO (M) Stephen Gitahi GITHUKU (M) Sabelo GUMEDZE (M) Erick KASSONGO KALONJI (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Louis Robert SENGHOR (M) Tongnoma ZONGO (M) |
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Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from Western European and other States |
Husain ABDULLA (M) Ilias BANTEKAS (M) Cristiana CARLETTI (F) Erika GEORGE (F) Shadan KAPRI (F) Olga MARTIN-ORTEGA (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Aidan MCQUADE (M) Richard MEERAN (M) Justine NOLAN (F) Claire O'BRIEN (F) Frances RADAY (F) Suzanne SPEARS(F) Ekkehard STRAUSS (M) Tara VAN HO (F) Mariette VAN HUIJSTEE (F) |
*Unforeseen vacancy due to resignation.
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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.