United nations a

List of special procedures mandate-holders appointed by
the Council at its seventh session

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

Raquel Rolnik (Brazil)

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Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Olivier de Schutter (Belgium)

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people

James Anaya (United States of America)

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Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Najat M’jid Maala (Morocco)

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Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights⁹

Cephas Lumina (Zambia)

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Tomás Ojea Quintana (Argentina)

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories

occupied since 1967

Richard Falk (United States of America)

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Independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

María Magdalena Sepúlveda (Chile)

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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

Gulnara Shahinian (Armenia)

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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

El Hadji Malick Sow (Senegal)
Aslan Abashidze (Russia)
Roberto Garretón (Chile)

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Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Jeremy Sarkin (South Africa)

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Working Group on African Descent

Milton Nettleford (Jamaica)

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Independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia

Shamsui Bari (Bangladesh)¹⁰

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Margaret Sekaggya (Uganda)¹¹

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Annex VI

List of Advisory Committee members and duration
of terms of membership

Members	Election	Term of office
African States	Elected by acclamation
Ms. Mona Zulficar (Egypt)	-	2
Mr. Bernards Andrews Nyamwaya Mudho (Kenya)	-	2
Mr. Dheerujlall Seetulsingh (Mauritius)	-	3
Ms. Halima Embarek Warzazi (Morocco)	-	1
Mr. Baba Kura Kaigama (Nigeria)	-	3
Asian States	Elected by acclamation
Mr. Shiqiu Chen (China)	-	1
Mr. Shigeki Sakamoto (Japan)	-	2
Mr. Ansar Ahmed Burney (Pakistan)	-	3
Ms. Purificacion V. Quisumbing (Philippines)	-	3
Ms. Chung Chinsung (Republic of Korea)	-	2
Eastern European States	Elected by secret ballot^a
Mr. Vladimir Kartashkin (Russian Federation)	42 votes	2
Mr. Latif Hüseynov (Azerbaijan)	30 votes	3
Latin American and Caribbean States	Elected by acclamation
Mr. Miguel Alfonso Martínez (Cuba)	-	1
Mr. José Antonio Bengoa Cabello (Chile)	-	2
Mr. Héctor Felipe Fix Fierro (Mexico)	-	3
Western European and other States	Elected by secret ballot^b
Mr. Jean Ziegler (Switzerland)	40 votes	1
Mr. Emmanuel Decaux (France)	24 votes	3
Mr. Wolfgang Stefan Heinz (Germany)	24 votes	2

Annex VII

List of troikas under the universal periodic review mechanism

First session (7-18 April 2008)

	Country	Rapporteur 1	Rapporteur 2	Rapporteur 3
1	Bahrain	Slovenia	United Kingdom	Sri Lanka
2	Ecuador	Italy	Mexico	India
3	Tunisia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mauritius	China
4	Morocco	Romania	Madagascar	France
5	Indonesia	Jordan	Canada	Djibouti
6	Finland	Azerbaijan	Bolivia	Republic of Korea
7	United Kingdom	Egypt	Russian Federation	Bangladesh
8	India	Indonesia	Netherlands	Ghana
9	Brazil	Gabon	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
10	Philippines	Malaysia	Mali	Germany
11	Algeria	Uruguay	Philippines	Senegal
12	Poland	Brazil	Japan	Angola
13	Netherlands	Peru	Pakistan	Nigeria
14	South Africa	Zambia	Guatemala	Qatar
15	Czech Republic	France	South Africa	Nicaragua
16	Argentina	Ukraine	Cuba	Cameroon

Second session (5-16 May 2008)

	Country	Rapporteur 1	Rapporteur 2	Rapporteur 3
1	Gabon	Nigeria	China	Azerbaijan
2	Ghana	Netherlands	Bolivia	Sri Lanka
3	Peru	Mali	India	Cuba
4	Guatemala	Gabon	Slovenia	Brazil
5	Benin	Nicaragua	Madagascar	Germany
6	Republic of Korea	Peru	Egypt	Jordan
7	Switzerland	Uruguay	Pakistan	South Africa
8	Pakistan	Saudi Arabia	Ghana	Azerbaijan
9	Zambia	Senegal	Switzerland	Philippines
10	Japan	France	Indonesia	Djibouti
11	Ukraine	Republic of Korea	Russian Federation	Guatemala
12	Sri Lanka	Ukraine	Cameroon	Bangladesh
13	France	Zambia	Italy	Malaysia
14	Tonga	Nigeria	Qatar	Mexico
15	Romania	Angola	Canada	Bosnia and Herzegovina
16	Mali	Mauritius	Brazil	Japan

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1 See, for example, general comment No. 29 (2001), on article 4 of the Covenant (derogations during a state of emergency) adopted by the Human Rights Committee.

2 The representative of Bangladesh subsequently stated that his delegation had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution.

3 Observer of the Council speaking on behalf of States members and observer States.

4 Observer State of the Council speaking on behalf of States members and observer States.

5 The representative of Bangladesh subsequently stated that his delegation had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution.

6 Representative.

7 Alternate.

8 Adviser.

9 Previously the “independent expert on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights”. The mandate was redefined and renamed by the Council in its resolution 7/4.

10 Previously the “independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Somalia”. The mandate was renewed by the Council in its resolution 7/35.

11 Previously the “Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders”. The mandate was renewed by the Council in its resolution 7/8.

a The following candidates were not elected: Mr. Roman Wieruszewski (Poland) - 14 votes; Ms. Ksenija Turković (Croatia) - 7 votes.

b The following candidates were not elected: Ms. Kalliopi Koufa (Greece) - 19 votes; Mr. Carl Söderbergh (Sweden) - 15 votes; Mr. Andre M. Surena (United States of America) - 12 votes; Mr. Francisco Javier de Lucas Martín (Spain) - 6 votes; and Mr. Carlos Villán Durán (Spain)   1 vote.

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