Human Rights: A Media Guide to the new UN independent experts (2020)
April 30, 2020
GENEVA (8 May 2020) – The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed in March, at its 43d session, 12 new independent experts to its fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms. Currently, there are 56 mandates: 44 thematic ones and 12 mandates related to countries and territories, with a total of 80 human rights experts.
Who are the new independent experts? What is their role? And how can you contact them?