Special Rapporteur

Reports and appeals submitted to the Special Rapporteur of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council

“The special procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and 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 human rights: civil, cultural, economic, political, and social.” (From OHCHR | Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council)

“The Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and members of the Working Groups are appointed by the Human Rights Council and serve in their personal capacities. They undertake to uphold independence, efficiency, competence and integrity through probity, impartiality, honesty and good faith. They are not United Nations staff members and do not receive financial remuneration.” (From OHCHR | Introduction)

 

Year Country Topic Theme
2022 Paraguay Third eviction of the Cerrito Community (Paraguay)
  • Rights of indigenous people, human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Internally Displaced Persons
2014 Nigeria Joint appeal on “Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirls“
  • Violence against women, its causes and consequences
2014 Brazil Joint report on “The Rights of the Tupinambá People“
  • Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
2014 Brazil Joint report on “The social environment damages caused by mining in Minas Gerais are both notorious and grave“
  • Right to Water and Sanitation
2013 Brazil Joint report on “New Mining Code in Brazil Jeopardises Human Rights“
  • Rights of indigenous peoples
  • Human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
  • Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
  • Human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
2012 Peru Joint report on “Study on Extractive and Energy Industries” in Cajamarca, Peru
  • Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2012 Peru Joint report on “Situation of human rights defenders in Cajamarca, Peru“
  • Human Rights Defender