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.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Special Rapporteur	0
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression	1
Special Rapporteur on the right to food	1
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders	1
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar	1
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment	1
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan	1

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 ⓘ United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ surface form: 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 Rapporteurs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteurs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Special Rapporteur on the right to food Special Rapporteurs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteurs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Special Rapporteurs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 (resolution 5/2) ⓘ surface form: Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders
overseenBy	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
partOf	Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ