Special Rapporteurs Working Groups - In preparing their reports to Human Rights Council and the General Assembly

 Special Rapporteurs Working Groups

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The Special rapporteurs and working groups on human rights are on the front line in the protection of human rights. They investigate violation and intervene in individual cases and emergency situations, in what are referred to as special procedures. Human rights experts are independent. They serve in their personal capacity for a maximum of six years and are not remunerated. The number of such experts has grown steadily over the years. At the end of 2010, the were 31 thematic and eight country-specific special procedure mandates.

In preparing their reports to Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, these experts use all reliable resources, including individual complaints and information from NGOs. They may also initiate urgent action procedures to intercede with government at the highest level. A significant portion of their research is done in the field, where they meet with both authorities and victims and gather on site evidence. Their reports are made public, thus helping to publicize violations and to emphasize the responsibility of government for the protection for human rights.

The experts examine, monitor, and publicly report on human right situation in specific countries, or on major human rights violations worldwide.

Country-specific special rapporteurs, independent experts and represent actives currently report on Burundi, Cambodia, the Democratic People Republic of Korea, Haiti, Myanmar, Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Somalia and Sudan.

Thematic special rapporteurs, representative and working groups currently report on adequate housing , people of African descent, arbitrary detention, the sale of children, cultural rights, education, enforced or involuntary disappearance, summary execution, extreme poverty, the right to food, the effect of foreign debt on human rights, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of religion or belief, physical and mental health, human rights defenders, independence of the judiciary, indigenous people, internally displaced persons, mercenaries , migrants , minority issues, racism and racial discrimination, slavery, solidarity and human rights, terrorism, torture, the illicit movement and  dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes, trafficking in persons, transnational corporations, water sanitation ad violence against women.

 

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