Special Rapporteurs

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UN human rights mechanism United Nations special procedure mandate-holder independent human rights expert

Special Rapporteurs are independent human rights experts appointed by the United Nations to investigate, monitor, and report on specific human rights themes or country situations.

Aliases (7)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN human rights mechanism → United Nations special procedure mandate-holder → independent human rights expert →
appointedBy	United Nations Human Rights Council NERFINISHED → former United Nations Commission on Human Rights →
canCommunicateWith	civil society organizations → governments → national human rights institutions → victims of human rights violations →
canRequest	country visit →
examplesInclude	Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression → Special Rapporteur on the right to food → Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders → Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar → Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment →
hasCharacteristic	independent → non-UN-staff → non-removable by individual state → serves in personal capacity → unpaid →
hasOutput	annual report to the General Assembly → annual report to the Human Rights Council → country mission report → recommendations to states → thematic study →
hasRole	investigate human rights situations → monitor human rights situations → report on human rights situations →
hasScope	country-specific human rights situations → thematic human rights issues →
isDifferentFrom	UN staff member → UN treaty body expert →
mandatedBy	United Nations Human Rights Council resolution →
mustRespect	Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders →
overseenBy	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights →
partOf	UN special procedures of the Human Rights Council →
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly → United Nations Human Rights Council NERFINISHED →
termLength	usually three years →
termRenewable	yes →
usesInstrument	communications to governments → country visit reports → letters of allegation → press releases → thematic reports → urgent appeals →
worksOn	civil and political rights → collective rights → economic social and cultural rights → rights of specific groups →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Special Rapporteur ("Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment") → Special Rapporteur ("Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression") → Special Rapporteur ("Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders") → Special Rapporteur ("Special Rapporteur on the right to food") → Special Rapporteur ("Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar") →	examplesInclude
Special Procedures →	composedOf
United Nations Human Rights Council →	oversees
Sima Samar ("United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan") →	positionHeld