Submitted by CRIN on
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- Mr. Juan Bohoslavsky (Argentina) as Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt;
- Ms. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte (Chile) as Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons;
- Ms. Leilani Farha (Canada) as Special Rapporteur on adequate housing;
- Ms. Urmila Bhoola (South Africa) as Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery;
- Mr. Philip Alston (Australia) as Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights;
- Ms. Hilal Elver (Turkey) as Special Rapporteur on the right to food;
- Ms. Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz (Philippines) as Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples;
- Ms. Maud De Boer-Buquicchio (the Netherlands) as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and
- Mr. Michel Forst (France) as Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights defenders.
- Mr. Edtami Mansayagan (Philippines) as member from Asia-Pacific States to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
- Mr. Wilton Littlechild (Canada) as member from Western European and Other States to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
- Mr. Sètondji Roland Jean-Baptiste Adjovi (Benin) as member from African States to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention;
- Mr. José Guevara (Mexico) as member from Latin American and Caribbean States to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention;
- Ms. Houria Es Slami (Morocco) as member from African States to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances;
- Ms. Alda Facio (Costa Rica) as member from Latin American and Caribbean States to the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and in Practice; and
- Mr. Saeed Mokbil (Yemen) as member from Asia-Pacific to the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries.
- Mr. Bahame Nyanduga (Tanzania) as Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia;
- Ms. Yanhee Lee (Republic of Korea) as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar; and
- Mr. Makarim Wibisono (Indonesia) as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
Background
Further information
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