UN Special Procedures – Special Rapporteurs & Independent Experts – COUNTRY VISITS
Author: WUNRN
Date: December 19, 2016
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The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council are Independent Human Rights Experts as Special Rapporteurs, with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/CountryandothervisitsSP.aspx
COUNTRY VISITS OF SPECIAL PROCEDURES MANDATE HOLDERS – http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/CountryandothervisitsSP.aspx
Mandate-holders carry out country visits to assess the situation of human rights at the national level : at the request of a mandate-holder, the Government will send an invitation for a fact-finding mission. Some countries have issued standing invitations, which means that they are, in principle, prepared to receive a visit from any thematic mandate-holder
Directory of Special Procedures Mandate Holders: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/SP/VisualDirectoryDecemberJune2016Print_en.pdf
UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures
LATEST COUNTRY VISITS
| Country | Mandate | Date |
| Fiji | Racism | 7 – 12 December |
| USA | Trafficking in persons | 6 – 16 December |
| Kuwait | Discrimination against women | 6 – 15 December |
| Portugal | Housing, water and sanitation | 5 – 13 December |
| Albania | Enforced disappearances | 5 – 12 December |
| Croatia | Health | 28 November – 8 December |
| Australia | Racism | 28 November – 5 December |
| Turkey | Torture | 28 November – 2 December |
FORTHCOMING COUNTRY VISITS IN 2017
| Country | Mandate | Date |
| Saudi Arabia | Poverty | 8 – 19 January |
| Mexico | Human rights defenders | 16 – 24 January |
| UK and Northern Ireland | Hazardous waste | 16 – 27 January |
| Tunisia | Foreign debt | 20 February – 1 March |
| Paraguay | Slavery | February |
| Bulgaria | Sale of children | 3 – 10 April |
| Russian Federation | Unilateral coercive measures | April |
| Mexico | Water and sanitation | 2 – 11 May |
| France | Persons with disabilities | 3 – 13 October |
| USA | Poverty | |
| Dominican Republic | Sale of children | |
| Switzerland | Foreign debt | |
| European Union (institutions) | Unilateral coercive measures |
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