special rapporteur

Noun

Meaning

special rapporteur (plural special rapporteurs)

An individual who works on behalf of a regional or international organization and is charged with investigating, monitoring and recommending solutions to specific human rights problems.

Examples

Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Gustavo Meza-Cuadra on Tuesday met in Lima with United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Michel Forst, who is currently visiting Peru. Source: Internet

In the preamble to his report, the Special Rapporteur called on the international community to fulfill its responsibilities to protect and care for mass graves and places of mass killings. Source: Internet

Among the types who are known to rush in where even angels fear to tread is Prof. Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the UN on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Source: Internet

Emmerson is a former United Nations Special Rapporteur and currently sits as a judge on several U.N. International Tribunals. Source: Internet

However, it is appalling that the Council seems to accept the shameless assertion by its own Special Rapporteur for the situation of Human Rights in Eritrea, that the occupation of sovereign Eritrean territory by Ethiopia has no relevance to human rights. Source: Internet

Are you saying Special Rapporteur and Special prosecutor are the same? Source: Internet

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