Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights in Eritrea JUNE Idriss Jazairy Sheila B. Keetharuth The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council are English, French, Arabic English, French, independent human rights experts with mandates to report and
[email protected] [email protected] advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. The system of Special Procedures is a central element of the United Nations human rights machinery and covers all rights: civil, cultural, economic, political, and social. 2016 Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its Independent Expert on the situation of human rights causes and consequences in Haiti As of 1 December 2015, there are 55 Special Procedures (41 Dubravka Šimonovic Gustavo Gallón thematic mandates and 14 mandates relating to countries or English, English, French, Spanish territories) with currently 79 mandate-holders.
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