Appointments at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council (26 February to 5 April 2024)
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PRESIDENT’S LIST OF 29 FEBRUARY 2024 – appointments approved by the Human Rights Council on 5 April 2024 [ Word | PDF ]
PRESIDENT’S LIST OF 12 FEBRUARY 2024 with the candidates proposed for the 12, out of 14, mandate holders to be appointed at the fifty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council [ Word | PDF ]
President's letter of 16 February 2024 [ 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-fifth session of the Human Rights Council - two vacancies (mandates on environment and climate change)
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President's letter of 29 January 2024 [ 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-fifth session of the Human Rights Council - twelve vacancies (mandates on Indigenous Peoples, international order, Mali, truth, peaceful assembly, peasants and mercenaries)
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Application process and deadlines
Secretariat note verbale of 14 December 2023
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fifty-fifth session of the Council – additional vacancy due to resignation
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For the following mandate only, the application process opened on 14 December 2023 and closed on 19 January 2024 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
Secretariat note verbale of 1 December 2023
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Extension of the deadline for applications for five vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council
For the following mandates only, the application process opened on 18 October 2023 and closed on 11 December 2023 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from African States
- Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Asia-Pacific States
- Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Eastern European States
- Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Latin American and Caribbean States
- Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Western European and other States
Secretariat note verbale of 26 October 2023
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Extension of the deadline for applications for two vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council
For the following mandates only, the application process opened on 12 September and closed on 2 November 2023 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, member from North America
- 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 African States
Secretariat note verbale of 18 October 2023
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fifty-fifth session of the Council – six additional vacancies (resignation and a new Working Group)
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For the following mandate only, the application process opened on 18 October and closed on 30 November 2023 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment*
Secretariat note verbale of 12 September 2023
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fifty-fifth session of the Council
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For the following mandates only, the application process opened on 12 September and closed on 25 October 2023 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, member from Africa
- Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
- Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali*
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Candidates eligible for the vacancies in Working Groups are only nationals of States belonging to the specific regional groups for which specific vacancies have been advertised. Please refer to the list of the United Nations regional groups of Member States.
For members of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), candidates need to represent one of the indigenous sociocultural regions for which vacancies have been advertised. Please see additional information on EMRIP.
How to submit a complete application?
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General information about the selection and appointment process
Nomination, Selection and Appointment of Mandate Holders
Mandates and list of candidates**
**The content, views and/or opinions included in the application forms listed below are those of the candidates only and do not reflect the views and/or opinions of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and OHCHR are not responsible for the content of the submitted application forms, which are posted as received.
| MANDATE | LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES |
|---|---|
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, member from Africa | Elsie Ngowo EFFANGE-MBELLA (F) Tijani EL-HAMZAOUI (M) Mohamed HANDAINE (M) Mostafa KAMEL (M) Gatwor LOCH (M) Margaret LOKAWUA (F) Joao LOURENCO (M) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) Emmanuel NENGO (M) Gervais NZOA (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Melakou TEGEGN (M) |
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, member from North America | Melissa CLYDE (F) Wakinyan LAPOINTE (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Sunny STEVENSON (F) |
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order Human Rights Council resolution 45/4 and Human Rights Council resolution 54/4 (extending the mandate) | Obijiofor AGINAM (M) Ahmed BOUHOUBEYNI (M) Martha DAVIS (F) Ognan DOGO (M) Mark GIBNEY (M) David GRIFFITHS (M) Paul HUNT (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Mohamed Ali KHALDI (M) Gatwor LOCH (M) Gilberto MARCOS ANTONIO RODRIGUES (M) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) Timothy MURITHI (M) Aristide NONONSI (M) Ismail Nusantara PULUNGAN (M) Axana SOLTAN (F) Ralph WILDE (M) |
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali Human Rights Council resolution 52/42 and Human Rights Council resolution 55/25 (extending the mandate) | Ahmed BOUHOUBEYNI (M) Ognan DOGO (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Marie-Claude LACROIX (F) Mike MWIKA KABANGE (M) Aristide NONONSI (M) Cheick SAKO (M) Abdoul Karim SANGO (M) Fortune Gaetan ZONGO (M) |
Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment Human Rights Council resolution 46/7 and Human Rights Council resolution 55/2 (extending and renaming the mandate) | Obijiofor AGINAM (M) Abdurahman AME(M) Ananda Mohan BHATTARAI (M) Flaviano BIANCHINI (M) Tendai BITI (M) Alejandro CACACE (M) Leïla CHIKHAOUI-MAHDAOUI (F) Nambitha DAMBUZA-MAYOSI (F) Ismaeel DAWOOD (M) Jonas EBBESSON (M) Namita GUPTA (F) Claudia ITUARTE-LIMA (F) Mostafa KAMEL (M) Carlos LOZANO (M) Jennifer MCKAY (F) Elisa MORGERA (F) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) S David Kawoe NYUMA, JR (M) Uche Ewelukwa OFODILE (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Tianbao QIN (M) Sushil RAJ (M) Urooj RAJA (F) Nadjet SACI (F) Maud SARLIEVE (F) Axana SOLTAN (F) Yingxia TANG (F) Maria Antonia TIGRE (F) Cynthia C. UMEZULIKE (F) Christina VOIGT (F) Xiangyi WANG (F) |
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change | Hussein ABAZA (M) Joycelyn ACQUAH (F) Obijiofor AGINAM (M) Mohammed AL-KUWARI (M) Abdurahman AME (M) Sulaiman ASHIRU (M) Sumudu ATAPATTU (F) Bithinah AWAD (F) Natalia CASTRO NIÑO (F) Ricardo Javier DOMINGUEZ LLOSA (M) Sébastien DUYCK (M) Eghosa EKHATOR (M) Elisa FORNALÉ (F) Erika GEORGE (F) Claudia ITUARTE-LIMA (F) Ademola Oluborode JEGEDE (M) Chaoyi JIANG (F) Mostafa KAMEL (M) Hilaire KASONGO SHAKO (M) Arvind KUMAR (M) Chen LIU (F) Maria Jose LUBERTINO BELTRAN (F) Jiang LYU (M) Alyssa Jade MCDONALD (F) Jennifer MCKAY (F) Adebowale MEROYI (F) Sai Sampath METTU (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Sethunya MOSIME (F) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) Princess Cecilia NDIFON (F) Gervais NZOA (M) Uche Ewelukwa OFODILE (F) Jacqueline PEEL (F) Luis Felipe POLO (M) Astrid PUENTES RIAÑO (F) Sushil RAJ (M) Tikumporn RODKHUNMUANG (non-binary) Soheil SHAYEGH (M) Hao SHEN (M) Xu SHUANG (F) Magdalena SMIESZEK (F) Axana SOLTAN (F) Carlos Antonio Martín SORIA DALL'ORSO (M) Yingxia TANG (F) Maria Antonia TIGRE (F) Cynthia C. UMEZULIKE (F) Christina VOIGT (F) Xiangyi WANG (F) Margaretha WEWERINKE-SINGH (F) Chunfu YANG (M) |
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence Human Rights Council resolution 45/10 and Human Rights Council resolution 54/8 (extending the mandate) | Antonios ABOU KASM (M) Kevin BELL (M) Louis BICKFORD (M) Mô BLEEKER (F) Ahmed BOUHOUBEYNI (M) Ognan DOGO (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Miriam EKIUDOKO (F) Veronika FIKFAK (F) Hannah GARRY (F) Eduardo GONZALEZ (M) Pierre HAZAN (M) Nadir ISMAILI (M) Cecilia JIMENEZ DAMARY (F) Satvinder JUSS (M) Marie-Claude LACROIX (F) Jon-Mirena LANDA (M) Gatwor LOCH (M) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) Timothy MURITHI (M) Aristide NONONSI (M) Pierre THIELBÖRGER (M) Thomas UNGER (M) |
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association | Antonios ABOU KASM (M) Teresa ANJINHO (F) Ahmed BOUHOUBEYNI (M) DENISE DOURADO DORA (F) Bernard DUHAIME (M) Karinna FERNANDEZ NEIRA (F) Nimalka FERNANDO (F) Michael HAMILTON (M) Mohamed IKTA ABDOULAYE (M) Ryszard KOMENDA (M) Carlos LOPEZ HURTADO (M) Jennifer MCKAY (F) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) Bahame Tom MUKIRYA NYANDUGA (M) Onesmo OLENGURUMWA (M) Serghei OSTAF (M) Robert Falcon OUELLETTE (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Mark SIDEL (M) |
Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from African States | Ignace ADIGBLI (M) Adeyemi APENA (F) Tendai BITI (M) Anthony DIALA (M) Olasoji FAGBOLA (M) Mamadou GOÏTA (M) Mariama Sire KABA (F) Hilaire KASONGO SHAKO (M) Sylvain KITENGE LOBABA (M) Margaret Eberu MASUDIO (F) Harry MAY (M) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) Bahame Tom Mukirya NYANDUGA (M) Ohenjo NYANG'ORI (M) S David Kawoe NYUMA, JR (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Nadjet SACI (F) Cynthia C. UMEZULIKE (F) |
Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Asia-Pacific States | Yan CAO (F) Baramee CHAIYARAT (M) Zainal Arifin FUAD (M) Namita GUPTA (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Bunthea KEO (M) Keshab Raj KHADKA (M) Li LI (F) Ashwini OBULESH (F) Asghar REHMAN (M) Axana SOLTAN (F) Ricardo III SUNGA (M) Farooq TARIQ (M) |
Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Eastern European States | Oleksii FRAIER (M) Ermal FRASHERI (M) Robert HADŽIĆ (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Mariam JORJADZE (F) Mariia LUKIANOVA (F) Irina SHIRYOVA (F) |
Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Latin American and Caribbean States | APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Christian GONZALEZ CHACON (M) Adalberto MÉNDEZ LÓPEZ (M) Diego MONTÓN (M) Luis Fernando ROSALES LOZADA (M) |
Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, member from Western European and other States | Hilal ELVER (F) Christophe GOLAY (M) Claire MAHON (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER |
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 African States | Sabelo GUMEDZE (M) Gatwor LOCH (M) Mutoy MUBIALA (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Saidou Nourou TALL (M) |
*The appointment of the mandate holder will be made provided the mandate itself is extended by the Human Rights Council.
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.