Appointments at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council (16 June to 8 July 2025)
What’s new
PRESIDENT'S LETTER OF 16 JUNE 2025 – appointments approved by the Human Rights Council on 8 July 2025 [ Word | PDF ]
PRESIDENT’S LETTER OF 2 JUNE 2025 with the candidate proposed for one of the two mandate holders to be appointed at the fifty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council [ Word | PDF ]
President’s letter of 3 June 2025 [ Word | PDF ] transmitting:
Addendum to the report of the Consultative Group to the President of the Human Rights Council relating to the vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at the fifty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council - Mandate of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [ Word | PDF ]
President’s letter of 16 May 2025 [ Word | PDF ] transmitting:
Report of the Consultative Group to the President of the Human Rights Council relating to the vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at the fifty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council - Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development [ Word | PDF ]
Application process and deadlines
Secretariat note verbale of 2 April 2025
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fifty-ninth session of the Council - additional vacancy due to a resignation
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The application process opened on 2 April and closed on 30 April 2025 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, member from Asia-Pacific States
Candidates eligible for the vacancies in the Working Groups are only nationals of States belonging to the specific regional groups for which specific vacancies have been advertised; in this instance, nationals of Asia-Pacific States. Please refer to the list of the United Nations regional groups of Member States.
Secretariat note verbale of 1 April 2025
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Extension of the deadline for applications for the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, member from Latin American and Caribbean States
The application process opened on 18 February and closed on 9 April 2025 (12 noon Geneva time). APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR:
- Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, member from Latin American and Caribbean States
Candidates eligible for the vacancies in the Expert Mechanism are only nationals of States belonging to the specific regional groups for which specific vacancies have been advertised; in this instance, nationals of Latin American and Caribbean States. Please refer to the list of the United Nations regional groups of Member States.
Secretariat note verbale of 18 February 2025
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Call for applications for mandate holders of the Human Rights Council to be appointed at the fifty-ninth session of the Council (Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, member from Latin American and Caribbean States)
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How to submit a complete application?
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General information about the selection and appointment process
Mandates and list of eligible candidates
The content, views and/or opinions included in the application forms listed below are those of the candidates only and do not reflect the views and/or opinions of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and OHCHR are not responsible for the content of the submitted application forms, which are posted as received.
| MANDATE | LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES |
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Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, member from Latin American and Caribbean States | Faustino COBARRUBIA GÓMEZ (M) Elida Roxana GUERRA VILCAPOMA (F) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER Paulo de Tarso LUGON ARANTES (M) Gilberto MARCOS ANTONIO RODRIGUES (M) |
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, member from Asia-Pacific States | Sirikan CHAROENSIRI (F) Karen Lucia GOMEZ-DUMPIT (F) Mustafa HAID (M) Muhammad Muzahidul ISLAM (M) Hicham KANTAR (M) Andrew KHOO (M) Xiao LI (F) Raymund NARAG (M) Sanoj RAJAN (M) Ambika SATKUNANATHAN (F) Sergey SAYAPIN (M) APPOINTED MANDATE HOLDER John Smith THANG (M) Henri TIPHAGNE(M) Wei ZHANG (M) |
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Should the appointee to any of the mandates be a person with a disability, the United Nations would be obliged to ensure reasonable accommodation for the mandate holder in the implementation of his/her mandate. This may include provisions for the mandate holder to be accompanied during official travels by a personal assistant, and/or for additional conference services (such as sign language interpretation) in respect of meetings in which the mandate holder participates.