United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar

United Nations Special Rapporteur

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Emblem of the United Nations
Incumbent Thomas 'Tom' Andrews since March 2020
Inaugural holder	Yozo Yokota
Formation	1992
Website	www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-myanmar

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar is a United Nations Special Rapporteur whose mandate is to monitor and investigate human rights violations in Myanmar. The incumbent Special Rapporteur is Tom Andrews, who was appointed to the role in May 2020, succeeding Yanghee Lee.^[1] The office was established in March 1992 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the aftermath of the 1990 Myanmar general election, and continued deterioration in the country's human rights situation under the rule of the military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council.^[2]

Appointees

Tom Andrews (2020–present)^[3]
Yanghee Lee (2014-2020)^[3]
Tomás Ojea Quintana (2008-2014)^[3]
Paulo Sérgio Pinherio (2000-2008)^[3]
Rajsoomer Lallah (1996-2000)^[3]
Yozo Yokota (1992-1996)^[3]

External links

Official website
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar on Twitter

References

^ "New U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar term appointed as Yanghee Lee departs". Narinjara. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
^ "Commission on Human rights resolution 1992/58: Situation of human rights in Myanmar". OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. 1992-03-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar". OHCHR. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

United Nations special rapporteurs

Countries and territories

Burundi (Fortuné Gaetan Zongo)
Cambodia (Vitit Muntarbhorn)
Iran (Javaid Rehman)
Myanmar (Tom Andrews)
North Korea (Elizabeth Salmón)
Palestine (Francesca Albanese)
Somalia (Isha Dyfan)

Thematic mandates

Adequate Housing (Balakrishnan Rajagopal)
Contemporary Forms of Slavery (Tomoya Obokata)
Cultural Rights (Alexandra Xanthaki)
Democratic and Equitable International Order (Livingstone Sewanyana)
Education (Farida Shaheed)
Effects of Economic Reform Policies and Foreign Debt on Human Rights (Attiya Waris)
Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (Morris Tidball-Binz)
Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association (Clément Nyaletsossi Voule)
Freedom of Opinion and Expression (Irene Khan)
Freedom of Religion or Belief (Nazila Ghanea)
Human Rights Defenders (Mary Lawlor)
Independence of Judges and Lawyers (Margaret Satterthwaite)
Minority Issues (Fernand de Varennes)
Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights (Alena Douhan)
Physical and Mental Health (Tlaleng Mofokeng)
Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism (Ben Saul)
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Ashwini K.P.)
Right to Food (Michael Fakhri)
Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children (Najat Maalla M'jid)
Torture (Alice Jill Edwards)
Trafficking in Persons (Siobhán Mullally)
Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of non-Recurrence (Fabián Salvioli)
Violence against Women (Reem Alsalem)
Human Rights and Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (Pedro Arrojo Agudo)
Human Rights and International Solidarity (Cecilia Bailliet)
Human Rights and the Illicit Movement of Toxic Waste (Marcos A. Orellana)
Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises (Damilola Olawuyi)
Human Rights of Indigenous People (Francisco Cali Tzay)
Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (Paula Gaviria Betancur)
Human Rights of Migrants (François Crépeau)
Human Rights and the Environment (David Boyd)

United Nations special rapporteurs bear mandates from the United Nations Human Rights Council and may hold the titles special rapporteur, independent expert or special representative of the Secretary-General, and are also referred to simply as mandate-holders.