United Nations special rapporteur

The mandate by the United Nations has been to "examine, monitor, advise, and publicly report" on human rights problems through "activities undertaken by special procedures, including responding to individual complaints, psychological operations and manipulation via the controlled media and academia, conducting studies, providing advice on technical cooperation at the country level, and engaging in general promotional activities.

[5] The first special rapporteur, responsible for monitoring extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, began work in 1982 following the approval of Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1982/35.

The specific funding of some mandates raises the inequality between them: while some struggle to pay operating costs, others are able to organize conferences across the globe to promote their work.

[10] Mireille Fanon Mendès-France (France), 2011–2017 Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos (Greece), 2009–2011 Joe Frans (Sweden), 2002–2009 Maya Sahli (Algeria), 2008–2014 Peter Lesa Kasanda (Zambia), 2002–2008 Mirjana Najćevska (The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), 2008–2014 Irina Moroianu-Zlatescu (Romania), 2002–2008 Ricardo III Sunga (Philippines), 2014–2021 Monorama Biswas (Bangladesh), 2008–2014 George Nicolas Jabbour (Syrian Arab Republic), 2002–2008 Verene Shepard (Jamaica), 2010–2015 Ralston Milton Nettleford (Jamaica), 2008–2010 Roberto Borges Martins (Brazil), 2002–2008 Aslan Abashidze (Russian Federation), 2008–2010 Tamas Ban (Hungary), 2001–2008 Petr Uhl (Czech Republic), 1992–2001 Malick El Hadji Sow (Senegal), 2008–2014 Leila Zerrougui (Algeria), 2001–2008 Laity Kama (Senegal), 1992–2001 Roberto Garretón (Chile), 2008–2014 Soledad Villagra de Biedermann (Paraguay), 2002–2008 Roberto Garretón (Chile), 1992–2002 Shaheen Sardar Ali (Pakistan), 2008–2014 Seyyed Mahammad Hashemi (Islamic Republic of Iran), 2002–2008 Kapil Sibal (India), 1992–2001 Mads Andenæs (Norway), 2009–2015 Manuela Carmena (Spain), 2004–2009 Louis Joinet (France), 1992–2003 Puvan J. Selvanathan (Malaysia), 2011–2015.

Michael Addo (Ghana), 2011–2018 Farida Shaheed (Pakistan), 2009–2015 Gerard Quinn (Ireland), 2020–2023 Ariel Dulitzky (Argentina), 2010–2017 Santiago Corcuera Cabezut (Mexico), 2004–2009 Diego García-Sayán (Peru), 1988–2004 Luis Varela Quiros (Costa Rica), 1980–1987 Jeremy Sarkin (South Africa), 2008–2014 J'bayo Aekanye (Nigeria), 2000–2008 Jonas Foli (Ghana), 1981–1999 Kwadwo Faka Nyamekye (Ghana), 1980–1981 Olivier de Frouville (France), 2008–2014 Stephen Toope (Canada), 2002–2008 Manfred Nowak (Austria), 1993–2001 Toine Van Dongen (The Netherlands), 1984–1993 Lord Mark Colville (United Kingdom), 1980–1983 Osman EL Hajjé (Lebanon), 2009–2015 Saied Rajaie Khorasani (Islamic Republic of Iran), 2003–2009 Arnuar Zainal Abidin (Malaysia), 2001–2003 Agha Hilaly (Pakistan), 1981–2000 Waleed Sadi (Jordan), 1980–1981 Mohamed Redha Al-Jabiri (Iraq), 1980–1980 Jasminka Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2010–2015 Darko Gottlicher (Croatia), 2004–2009 Ivan Tosevski (The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), 1980–2003 Kishore Singh (India), 2010–2016 Vernor Muñoz Villalobos (Costa Rica), 2004–2010 Katarina Tomasevski (Croatia), 1998–2004 John H. Knox (United States of America), 2012–2018 Christof Heyns (South Africa), 2010–2016 Philip Alston (Australia), 2004–2010 Asma Jahangir (Pakistan), 1998–2004 Bacre Waly Ndiaye (Senegal), 1992–1998 Amos Wako (Kenya), 1982–1992 Olivier De Schutter (Belgium), 2008–2014 Jean Ziegler (Switzerland), 2000–2008 Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky (Argentina), 2014–2020 Cephas Lumina (Zambia), 2008–2014 Bernards Andrew Nyamwaya Mudho (Kenya), 2002–2008 Fantu Cheru (United States of America/Ethiopia), 2000–2002 Frank William La Rue (Guatemala), 2008–2014 Ambeyi Ligabo (Kenya), 2002–2008 Abid Hussain (India), 1993–2002 Maina Kiai (Kenya), 2011–2017 Marc Pallemaerts (Belgium), 2012–2014 Călin Georgescu (Romania), 2010–2012 Okechukwu Ibeanu (Nigeria), 2004–2010 Fatma-Zohra Ouhachi-Vesely (Algeria), 1995–2004 Anand Grover (India), 2008–2014 Paul Hunt (New Zealand), 2002–2008 Raquel Rolnik (Brazil), 2008–2014 Miloon Kothari (India), 2000–2008 Margaret Sekaggya (Uganda), 2008–2014 Hina Jilani (Pakistan), 2000–2008 (SRSG) Mónica Pinto (Argentina), 2015–2016.

Gabriela Knaul (Brazil), 2009–2015 Leandro Despouy (Argentina), 2003–2009 Param Cumaraswamy (Malaysia), 1994–2003 James Anaya (United States of America), 2008–2014 Rodolfo Stavenhagen (Mexico), 2001–2008 Chaloka Beyani (Zambia), 2010–2016 Walter Kälin (Switzerland), 2004–2010 (SRSG) Francis Deng (Sudan), 1992–2004 (SRSG) Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (United States of America), 2012–2018 Virginia Dandan (Philippines), 2011–2017 Rudi Muhammad Rizki (Indonesia), 2005–2011 Anton Katz (South Africa), 2011–2018 Najat AL-Hajjaji (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), 2005–2011 Patricia Arias (Chile), 2011–2018 Amada Benavides de Perez (Colombia), 2005–2011 Elżbieta Karska (Poland), 2011–2018 Alexander Nikitin (Russian Federation), 2005–2011 José Luis Gomez Del Prado (Spain), 2005–2011 Faiza Patel (Pakistan), 2010–2014 Shaista Shameem (Fiji), 2005–2010 Enrique Bernales Ballesteros (Peru), 1987–2004 (SR) François Crepeau (Canada), 2011–2017 Jorge Bustamante [es] (Mexico), 2005–2011 Gabriela Rodriguez Pizarro (Costa Rica), 1999–2005 Rita Izsák-Ndiaye (Hungary), appointed at HRC17 (June 2011) Gay McDougall (United States of America), 2005–2011 Maria Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona (Chile), 2008–2014 Arjun Kumar Sengupta (India), 2004–2008 Anne-Marie Lizin (Belgium), 1999–2004 Mutuma Ruteere (Kenya), 2011–2017 Githu Muigai (Kenya), 2008–2011 Doudou Diène (Senegal), 2002–2008 Maurice Glele-Ahanhanzo (Benin), 1993–2002 Asma Jahangir (Pakistan), 2004–2010 Abdelfattah Amor (Tunisia), 1993–2004 Angelo D'Almeida Ribeiro (Portugal), 1986–1993 Najat Maalla M'jid (Morocco), 2008–2014 Juan Miguel Petit (Uruguay), 2001–2008 Ofelia Calcetas-Santos (Philippines), 1994–2001 Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand), 1991–1994 Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand), 2016–2017 Gulnara Shahinian (Armenia), 2008–2014 Ben Emmerson (United Kingdom), 2011–2017 Martin Scheinin (Finland), 2005–2011 Juan E. Méndez (Argentina), 2010–2016 Manfred Nowak (Austria), 2004–2010 Theo VAN BOVEN (The Netherlands), 2001–2004 Sir Nigel Rodley (United Kingdom), 1993–2001 Pieter Kooijmans (The Netherlands), 1985–1993 Joy Ezeilo (Nigeria), 2008–2014 Sigma Huda (Bangladesh), 2004–2008 Pablo de Greiff (Colombia), 2012–2018 Rashida Manjoo (South Africa), 2009–2015 Yakin Ertürk (Turkey), 2003–2009 Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka), 1994–2003 Catarina de Albuquerque (Portugal), 2008–2014 Patricia Olamendi Torres (Mexico) 2012–2013 Mercedes Barquet (Mexico), 2011–2012 Adrian Severin (Romania), 2004–2007 Surya Subedi (Nepal), 2009–2015 Yash Ghai (Kenya), 2005–2008 Peter Leuprecht [de] (Austria), 2000–2005 Thomas Hammerberg (Sweden), 1996–2000 Michael Kirby (Australia), 1993–1996 Marzuki Darusman (Indonesia), 2010–2016 Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand), 2004–2010 Sheila Keetharuth (Mauritius), 2012–2018 Asma Jahangir (Pakistan), 2016–2018 Ahmed Shaheed (Maldives), 2011–2016 Maurice Copithorne (Canada), 1995–2002 Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (El Salvador), 1993–1995 Suliman Baldo (Sudan), 2013–2018 Tomás Ojea Quintana (Argentina), 2008–2014 Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (Brazil), 2002–2008 Rajsoomer Lallah (Mauritius), 1996–2000 Yozo Yokuta (Japan), 1992–1996 Makarim Wibisono (Indonesia), 2014–2016 Richard Falk (United States of America), 2008–2014 John Dugard (South Africa), 2001–2008 Giorgio Giacomelli (Switzerland), 1999–2001 Hannu Halinen (Finland), 1995–1999 René Felber (Switzerland), 1993–1995 Shamsul Bari (Bangladesh), 2008–2014 Ghanim Alnajjar (Kuwait), 2001–2008 Mona Rishmawi (Palestine), 1996–2000 Mohamed Charfi (Tunisia), 1995–1996 Fanuel Jariretundu Kozonguizi (Namibia), 1993–1994