Call for Nomination of Specific UN Special Rapporteurs & Independent Experts – Deadline Pending – Consider WOMEN

Special Procedures of the UN 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.

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/HRC35.aspx

Nomination, Selection & Appointment of Mandate Holders  – UN Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts – Special Procedures Mandates

APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE AT THE 35TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (6 – 23 June 2017)

New: Call for applications
Secretariat note verbale of 9 February 2017: Call for applications
English [Word – PDF] – French [Word – PDF]

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 MARCH 2017 (12.00 NOON GREENWICH MEAN TIME / GMT)

To apply for the mandates below, (1) complete the online survey
and (2) submit the application form in Word format,
which can be accessed by clicking on the mandate in the table below.

For Working Group appointments, only citizens of States belonging to the specific regional groups are eligible. Please refer to the list of United Nations regional groups of Member States at http://www.un.org/depts/DGACM/RegionalGroups.shtml

General information about the selection and appointment process