Thematic mandates – (by chronological order of establishment)

o Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances (1980)
Mr. Stephen Toope, Chairperson (Canada), appointed in 2003

o Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (1982)
Mr. Philip Alston (Australia), appointed in 2004

o Special Rapporteur on torture (1985)
Mr. Theo Van Boven (Netherlands), appointed in 2002

o Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of religion and belief (1986)
Ms. Asma Jahangir (Pakistan), appointed in 2004

o Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right to peoples to self-determination (1987)
Ms. Shaista Shameem (Fiji), appointed in 2004

o Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (1990)
Mr. Juan Miguel Petit (Uruguay), appointed in 2001

o Working Group on arbitrary detention (1991)
Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson (Algeria), appointed in 2001

o Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression (1993)
Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo (Kenya), appointed in 2002

o Special Rapporteur on racism (1993)
Mr. Doudou Diène (Sénégal), appointed in 2002

o Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers (1994)
Mr. Leandro Despouy (Argentina), appointed in 2003

o Special Rapporteur on violence against women (1994)
Ms. Yakin Ertürk (Turkey), appointed in 2003

o Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights (1995)
Mr. Okechkwu Ibeanu (Nigeria), appointed in 2004

o Independent expert on human rights and extreme poverty (1998)
Mr. Arjun Sengupta (India), appointed in 2004

o Special Rapporteur on the right to education (1998)
Mr. Vernor Munoz (Costa Rica), appointed in 2004

o Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants (1999)
Ms. Gabriela Rodriguez Pizarro (Costa Rica), appointed in 1999

o Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders (2000)
Ms. Hina Jilani (Pakistan), appointed in 2000

o Special Rapporteur on the right to food (2000)
Mr. Jean Ziegler (Switerland), appointed in 2000

o Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing (2000)
Mr. Miloon Khotari (India), appointed in 2000

o Independent expert on structural adjustment policies and foreign debt (2000)
Mr. Bernard Andrew Nyanwaya Mudho (Kenya), appointed in 2000

o Special Rapporteur on human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples (2001)
Mr. Rodolpho Stavenhagen (Mexico), appointed in 2001

o Special Rapporteur on the right to physical and mental health (2002)
Mr. Paul Hunt (New Zealand), appointed in 2002

o Working Group on racial discrimination of people of African descent (2002)
Mr. Peter Lesa Kasanda, Chairperson (Zambia), appointed in 2002

o Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons (2004)
Mandate-holder to be appointed

o Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons (2004)
Mr. Walter Kalin (Switzerland), appointed in 2004

o Independent expert on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (2004)
Mr. Robert Goldman (USA), appointed in 2004

o Independent expert to update the Set of Principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity (2004)
Ms. Diane Orentlicher (USA), appointed in 2004

Geographic mandates – (by chronological order of establishment)

Item 9 mandates

o Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (1992)
Mr. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro (Brazil), appointed in 2000

o Special Rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (1993)
Mr. John Dugard (South Africa), appointed in 2001

o Personal Representative of the High Commissioner on Cuba (2003)
Ms. Christine Chanet (France), appointed in 2003

o Special Rapporteur on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2004)
Mr. Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand), appointed in 2004

o Special Rapporteur on Belarus (2004)
Mr. Adrian Severin (Romania), appointed in 2004

Item 19 mandates

o Independent Expert on Afghanistan (1984)
Mr. Cherif Bassiouni (Egypt), appointed in 2004

o Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Cambodia (1993)
Mr. Peter Leuprecht (Canada), appointed in 2000

o Independent expert of the Secretary-General on Somalia (1993)
Mr. Ghanim Alnajjar (Kuwait), appointed in 2001

o Independent expert of the Secretary-General on Haiti (1995)
Mr. Louis Joinet (France), appointed in 2002

o Independent expert on Liberia (2003)
Ms. Charlotte Abaka (Ghana), appointed in 2003

o Independent expert on Chad (2004)
Ms. Monica Pinto (Argentina), appointed in 2004

o Independent expert on Burundi (2004)
Mr. Akich Okola (Kenya), appointed in 2004

o Independent expert on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)
Mr. Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (Burkina Faso), appointed in 2004

o Independent expert on Sudan (2004)
Mr. Emmanuel Akwei (Ghana), appointed in 2004

Historical overview of geographic mandates

The mandate of the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts on South Africa, established in 1967, was discontinued in 1995

The mandate of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Chile, established in 1975, was discontinued in 1990

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Equatorial Guinea, established in 1979, was discontinued in 2002

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Bolivia, established in 1981, was discontinued in 1983

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on El Salvador, established in 1981, was discontinued in 1995

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Guatemala, established in 1982, was shifted from item 9 to item 19 in 1987 and discontinued in 1998

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Poland, established in 1982, was discontinued in 1985

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran, established in 1984, was discontinued in 2002

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Romania, established in 1989, was discontinued in 1992

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iraq, established in 1991, was discontinued in 2004

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on occupied Kuwait, established in 1991, was discontinued in 1992

The mandate of the Special Representative on the territory of former Yugoslavia, established in 1992, was discontinued in 2003.

The mandate of the Special Representative on Rwanda, established in 1994, was discontinued in 2001.

The mandate of the Special Representative on Nigeria, established in 1997, was discontinue