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Call for applications for eight mandate holders of the HRC to be appointed at the fiftieth session of the Council

6 April 2022 at 12 noon Geneva Time

The secretariat of the Human Rights Council is currently accepting applications for eight vacancies of independent United Nations experts of the Council. The following mandate holders are to be appointed at the fiftieth session of the Council (13 June – 8 July 2022).

  1. Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, member from Latin American and Caribbean States (HRC resolution 42/23)
  2. Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (Human Rights Council resolution 40/10) 1
  3. Special Rapporteur on the right to education (Human Rights Council resolution 44/3)
  4. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Human Rights Council resolution 46/17)
  5. Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Human Rights Council resolution 43/20)
  6. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, member from Eastern European States (Human Rights Council resolution 45/3)
  7. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from African States (Human Rights Council resolution 44/15)
  8. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from Western European and other States (Human Rights Council resolution 44/15)

Individual applications, including a motivation letter, must be submitted and received by 6 April 2022 at 12 noon Geneva time through an online application procedure that consists of: (1) an online survey; and (2) an application form in Word format. Updated information on the selection and appointment procedure is available at www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/Nominations.aspx.

Learn more and find the mandate documents here: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/HRC50.aspx

General information about the application and selection process is available at www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/BasicInformationSelectionIndependentExperts.aspx

In case of technical difficulties, the secretariat may be contacted by email at ohchr-hrcspecialprocedures@un.org.