UN Special Rapporteur on Racism and Xenophobia

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Special Rapporteur on Racism and Xenophobia
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
 
Organization type Special Rapporteur
Abbreviation SRRacism
management E. Tendayi Achiume
Founded March 2, 1993
Headquarters Palais des Nations, Geneva
Upper organization UN Human Rights Council
 

The position of Special Rapporteur on Racism and Xenophobia was created to investigate incidents of contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination of people of African, Arab and Asian origin (in short: all except people of Caucasian origin), as well as xenophobia against migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, relatives of Minorities and indigenous peoples as well as other victims of the Durban Declaration and its Program of Action (DDPA), as their recognized human rights due to racial discrimination are considered a gross and systematic violation of human rights.

The UN mandate

The UN Human Rights Commission created this position on March 2, 1993 by means of a resolution in which the mandate was also defined. This UN mandate is limited to three years and is regularly extended. After the UN Human Rights Commission was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2006 , the latter is now responsible and oversees. The last extension of the mandate took place on April 7, 2017.

The Special Rapporteur is not a member of the United Nations, but is given a mandate by the UN, and the UN Human Rights Council has issued a code of conduct for this purpose. The independent status of the mandate holder is crucial for the impartial performance of her duties. The term of office of a mandate is limited to a maximum of six years.

It prepares thematic studies and draws up guidelines for improving human rights. The Special Representative makes country visits at the invitation of states and can make recommendations in an advisory capacity. It examines notifications and submits suggestions to the states on how they can remedy any irregularities. It also carries out follow-up procedures in which it checks the implementation of the recommendations. To this end, it prepares annual reports for the attention of the UN Human Rights Council .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Creation and mandate. (Word) In: E / CN.4 / RES / 1993/20. UN Human Rights Commission , March 2, 1993, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ UN Human Rights Council. In: Enforce human rights. Published by: German Society for the United Nations e. V. (DGVN), accessed on March 24, 2019 (The Human Rights Council replaced the Human Rights Commission, which until 2006 had been the United Nations' most important body in the protection of human rights, but was increasingly exposed to criticism of its efficiency.).
  3. ↑ Decision of the UN General Assembly to create the Human Rights Council. (pdf) In: UN Res. 60/251. Published by: UN General Assembly , March 15, 2006, p. 1, item 1 , accessed on March 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Extension of mandate. (PDF) In: A / HRC / RES / 34/35. UN Human Rights Council , April 7, 2017, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Appointment of the special rapporteurs. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Special procedure. In: Human Rights Council. Published by: German Institute for Human Rights , accessed on April 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Code of Conduct (Word) In: A / HRC / RES / 5/2 . UN Human Rights Council . June 18, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  8. ↑ Action manual (PDF) UN Human Rights Council . Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b Special Rapporteur. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Country visits. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b Recommendations. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  12. ↑ General information. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Connection procedure. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Annual reports in general. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .