United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
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The United Nations special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association works independently to inform and advise the United Nations Human Rights Council. The special rapporteur examines, monitors, advises and publicly reports on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association worldwide.[1]
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association | |
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Incumbent Clément Nyaletsossi VOULE (Togo) since March 2018 | |
Term length | Three years |
Inaugural holder | Maina Kiai (Kenya) |
Formation | UN Human Rights Council resolution 15/21 (October 2010) |
Website | www |
The position was created by Human Rights Council resolution 15/21 in October 2010. This position is voluntary, and the expert is not United Nations staff nor paid for his/her work.[1]
The first mandate-holder, Maina Kiai, took up his duties on May 1, 2011, for an initial period of three years. He began his second three-year term in May 2014 and completed his term on April 30, 2017. Kiai is a lawyer and human rights defender from Kenya.[2][3]
The third mandate-holder, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule of Togo, took up his functions on March 1, 2018.