Geographic mandates

The following list provides information about the references to persons with disabilities in the reports (and interactive dialogues) of geographic special procedures since 2009:

 Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Vitit Muntarbhorn, Thailand (since July 2004).

·        References to disability in the reports delivered to the Human Rights Council: March 2009. Includes extracts from main report.

·        References to disability in the reports delivered to the General Assembly: October 2009.

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Richard Falk, United States of America (since May 2008).

·        References to disability in the reports delivered to the Human Rights Council: March 2009. Includes extracts from main report.

Independent ExIndependent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi 

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Akich Okola, Kenya (since July 2004).

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia 

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Surya Prasad Subedi, Nepal.

Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Michael Forst, France (since August 2008).

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Tomas Ojea Quintana, Argentina (since May 2008).

Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Shamsul Bari, Bangladesh (since May 2008).

Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan

·        Current Mandate Holder: Mr Mohamed Chande Othman, Tanzania (since October 2009).