Welcome to the United Nations 
OHCHR 
Statements Special Procedures
Human Rights Commission names new experts on Burundi, Equatorial Guinea and migrants
16 August 1999
Share
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has appointed this week three new experts to study the situations in Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, as well as issues related to the rights of migrants.
Marie-Therese Aissata Keita of Cote d'Ivoire; Gabriela Rodriguez Pizarro of Costa Rica, and Gustavo Gallon of Colombia have been named, respectively, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants and Special Representative on the human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea. All three are expected to submit reports to the next session of the Commission in the Spring of 2000.
The mandate on migrants is new, having been established at this year's session of the Commission. The mandate on Equatorial Guinea, meanwhile, has evolved - previously the situation in that country was followed by a Special Rapporteur. In April the Commission requested that the Special Representative, to be appointed for one year, monitor the situation of human rights in Equatorial Guinea and make recommendations on the implementation of a programme of technical assistance in the field of human rights that would be elaborated by the Government and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme. As for the situation in Burundi, Ms. Aissata Keita succeeds as Special Rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, who resigned earlier this year.
Ms. Aissata Keita is Professor of contemporary history at the University of Abidjan Cocody and Director of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Yamoussoukro. Ms. Rodriguez Pizarro is a psychologist who has most recently served as the International Organization for Migration's Colombia-based advisor for humanitarian affairs in the Andean countries. Mr. Gallon is the Director of the Colombian Commission of Jurists. He has served as a judge in Colombia's Constitutional Court and has taught human rights and other legal issues in Colombia and in the United States.
Marie-Therese Aissata Keita of Cote d'Ivoire; Gabriela Rodriguez Pizarro of Costa Rica, and Gustavo Gallon of Colombia have been named, respectively, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants and Special Representative on the human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea. All three are expected to submit reports to the next session of the Commission in the Spring of 2000.
The mandate on migrants is new, having been established at this year's session of the Commission. The mandate on Equatorial Guinea, meanwhile, has evolved - previously the situation in that country was followed by a Special Rapporteur. In April the Commission requested that the Special Representative, to be appointed for one year, monitor the situation of human rights in Equatorial Guinea and make recommendations on the implementation of a programme of technical assistance in the field of human rights that would be elaborated by the Government and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme. As for the situation in Burundi, Ms. Aissata Keita succeeds as Special Rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, who resigned earlier this year.
Ms. Aissata Keita is Professor of contemporary history at the University of Abidjan Cocody and Director of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Yamoussoukro. Ms. Rodriguez Pizarro is a psychologist who has most recently served as the International Organization for Migration's Colombia-based advisor for humanitarian affairs in the Andean countries. Mr. Gallon is the Director of the Colombian Commission of Jurists. He has served as a judge in Colombia's Constitutional Court and has taught human rights and other legal issues in Colombia and in the United States.