Appointments at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council (19 June to 14 July 2023)
What's new
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
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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
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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
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Application processes and deadlines
Secretariat note verbale of 21 February 2023
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fifty-third session of the Council
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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
Nomination, Selection and Appointment of Mandate Holders
Mandates and list of candidates
| MANDATE | LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES |
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Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity |
Nezir AKYESILMEN (M) Jovan ANDONOVSKI (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Nadia BELLAL (F) Fatoumata DIAKITE (F) Tathiana FLORES-ACUNA (F) Souhila GUEMMOUDI (F) Syeda Viquar un nisa HASHMI (F) Muhammad ISLAM (M) Vidya Nath JHA (M) Elena LAZĂR (F) Manuel MAY CASTILLO (M) Maximilienne NGO MBE (F) Aristide NONONSI (M) María del Carmen QUINTANILLA BARBA (F) Maria Mercedes ROSSI (F) Magdalena SMIESZEK (F) Rita UWASAN (F) Ralph WILDE (M) Carmen ZULETA DE MERCHAN (F) |
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Special Rapporteur on minority issues |
Joshua CASTELLINO (M) Rosa CELORIO (F) Fatoumata DIAKITE (F) Jacques JENDO (M) Helena KOROŠEC (F) Elena LAZĂR (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Tove H. MALLOY (F) Roberta MEDDA-WINDISCHER (F) Farah MIHLAR (F) Eunice NJOVANA (F) Ewelina OCHAB (F) Ojot Miru OJULU (M) Sunita PATTANAIK (F) Mariya SALIM* (F) Ekkehard STRAUSS (M) Ricardo III SUNGA (M) Rita UWASAN (F) |
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants |
Diego ACOSTA ARCARAZO (M) Susan Musarrat AKRAM (F) Karlos CASTILLA (M) Vincent CHETAIL (M) Fatoumata DIAKITE (F) Emiliano GARCÍA COSO (M) Andi HOXHAJ* (M) Leyla KAYACIK (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Rubaba MAMMADOVA (F) Gilberto MARCOS ANTONIO RODRIGUES (M) Fatimata MBAYE (F) Paola PACE (F) Amar ROUABHI (M) Maya SAHLI FADEL (F) Magdalena SMIESZEK (F) Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU (F) Luis Eduardo ZAVALA DE ALBA (M) |
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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism |
Abdulmajeed ABABTAIN (M) Mads ANDENAS (M) Adejoké BABINGTON-ASHAYE (F) Cecilia BAILLIET (F) Carmen CHEUNG (F) Helen DUFFY (F) Jayne C. HUCKERBY (F) Vidya Nath JHA (M) Satvinder JUSS (M) Dan KUWALI (M) Vladyslav LANOVOY (M) Mahmoud MASAELI (M) Maximilienne NGO MBE (F) Aristide NONONSI (M) Ambika SATKUNANATHAN (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.