Curriculum Vitae (abridged April 2004) Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1944 and he lives between São Paulo, Paris and Geneva ,with his wife Ana Luiza. He has three children Daniela...

Sheila B. Keetharuth is a human rights defender from Mauritius who has worked and travelled in mainland Africa for nearly three decades. She is a committed human rights advocate having extensive...

Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker (Sudan) was appointed as Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in Eritrea in September 2020. Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker is an Associate Professor of...

David Kaye was the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression from August 2014 to July 2020. Mr Kaye is a clinical professor of law at the...

Mr. Ahmed Shaheed assumed his mandate as Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on 1 November 2016. Mr. Shaheed is Deputy Director of the Essex Human Rights Centre. He was the first...

At its twenty-sixth session in June 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Mr. Dainius Pūras, from Lithuania, as Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the...

At its forty-fourth session in July 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng, from South Africa, as Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of...

Ms. Leilani Farha (Canada) served as Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, from...

An architect by training, Mr. Miloon Kothari has extensive experience in the area of housing and land rights and has been actively working, through his various functions, to promote the realization of...

In May 2008, at the 7th session of the Human Rights Council, Ms. Raquel Rolnik was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living...