ABSTRACT

UN Special Rapporteurs are an integral part of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. There are two types of mandates: country mandates and thematic mandates. Moreover, Special Procedures include Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts, and Working Groups. As of March 2015, there are 41 thematic and 14 country mandates (Belarus, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Haiti, Islamic Republic of Iran, Mali, Myanmar, Palestinian territories occupied since 1978, Somalia, Sudan, and the Syrian Arab Republic). 2