Appointments to be made at HRC51 (12 September to 7 October 2022)

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PRESIDENT’S LIST of 4 October 2022 – appointments approved by the Human Rights Council on 7 October 2022
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PRESIDENT’S LIST of 9 September 2022 with the candidates proposed for three out of the four mandate holders to be appointed at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council - mandates on internally displaced persons, independence of judges and lawyers, and arbitrary detention
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President's letter of 26 September 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 fifty-first session of the Human Rights Council - mandate on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
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President's letter of 23 August 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 fifty-first session of the Human Rights Council - mandates on internally displaced persons, independence of judges and lawyers, and arbitrary detention
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Application processes and deadlines

Secretariat note verbale of 21 July 2022

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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 21 July and closed on 18 August 2022 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:

4. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Secretariat note verbale of 28 April 2022

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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.

For the following three mandates the application process opened on 28 April and closed on 9 June 2022 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, member from Eastern European 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
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Human Rights Council resolution 43/36	Alexei AVTONOMOV (M) Russian Federation Vilna BASHI (F) United States of America Joshua CASTELLINO* (M) India * candidacy submitted under para. 22 (c) of Human Rights Council res. 16/21 Karlos A. CASTILLA JUÁREZ (M) Mexico Bateer CHEN (M) China Haddy DANDEH JABBIE (F) Gambia Dominique DAY (F) United States of America Unity DOW (F) Botswana Bynta ERNEST (F) Saint Lucia Irfan HUSSAIN (M) Pakistan Satvinder JUSS (M) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ashwini K.P (F) India Xia LI (F) China Gehovany LIMEIRA FIGUEIRA (M) Brazil Jihad MASHAMOUN (M) Sudan At the candidate’s request, the Word application form has been removed from the website Joel Malesela MODIRI (M) South Africa Elizabeth MOSES (F) Nigeria Kimberley Cy. MOTLEY (F) United States of America Vincent NAMRONA (M) Central African Republic Ricardo A. SUNGA III (M) Philippines Min TIAN (M) China Kun YAO (F) China
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons* Human Rights Council resolution 41/15 Human Rights Council resolution 50/6 (extending the mandate)	Amal ALHABDAN (F) Saudi Arabia Samer ALNASIR (M) Spain Nasir Ahmad ANDISHA(M) Afghanistan APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Paula GAVIRIA (F) Colombia Héctor Roberto HERRERA CÁCERES (M) Honduras Fuad HUSEYNOV (M) Azerbaijan Satvinder JUSS (M) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Erin MOONEY (F) Canada Elizabeth MOSES (F) Nigeria Elijah MUKUMA (M) Zambia Per SEVASTIK (M) Sweden Jennifer WELSH (F) Canada Junyong XIAO (M) China Qiang ZHANG (M) China
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Human Rights Council resolution 44/8	Ghafoon ALYAMI (M) Saudi Arabia Nasreddine BOUSMAHA (M) Algeria Francisco José CHAUX (M) Colombia Khalid CHERKAOUI SEMMOUNI (M) Morocco Ognan DOGO (M) Togo Claudia ESCOBAR MEJÍA (F) Guatemala Yaovi FIAWONOU (M) Togo Héctor Roberto HERRERA CÁCERES (M) Honduras Muhammad ISLAM (M) Bangladesh Satvinder JUSS (M) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Stephanie LAULHE SHAELOU (F) Cyprus Xiao LI (F) China Elena LUKYANOVA (F) Russian Federation Farhad NAJAFOV (M) Azerbaijan Dragoljub POPOVIC (M) Serbia Jothie RAJAH (F) Singapore Pablo RODRIGUEZ (M) Costa Rica Victor Manuel RODRIGUEZ RESCIA (M) Costa Rica Lahcen SAADI (M) Algeria APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Margaret SATTERTHWAITE (F) United States of America Ekkehard STRAUSS (M) Germany Dieu-Donne WEDI (M) Democratic Republic of the Congo Hui XU (F) China Bo YI (M) China
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, member from Eastern European States* Human Rights Council resolution 42/22 Human Rights Council resolution 51/8 (extending the mandate)	Marina AGALTSOVA (F) Russian Federation Gunay AYYUBOVA (F) Azerbaijan Reed Kálmán BRODY* (M) Hungary *Candidate withdrew his application on 29 August 2022 Teymur MALIK-ASLANOV (M) Azerbaijan Karinna MOSKALENKO (F) Russian Federation Elena NYANENKOVA **(F) Belarus At the candidate’s request, the Word application form has been removed from the website Vitalie PIRLOG* (M) Republic of Moldova *At the candidate’s request, the Word application form has been removed from the website Ilkin RAJABOV (M) Azerbaijan Olga SADOVSKAYA** (F) Russian Federation APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Ganna YUDKIVSKA (F) Ukraine

*The appointment of the mandate holder will be made provided the mandate itself is extended by the Human Rights Council.

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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.