Editing Office - Geneva

The Secretariat of the Human Rights Council presents its compliments to all Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva, international organizations or their offices, national institutions, non-governmental organizations and other human rights bodies, and has the honour to inform them that the following four mandate holders are to be appointed at the fortieth session of the Council (25 February to 22 March 2019):

Four members of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) [HRC resolution 33/25]:

1.EMRIP member from Africa

2.EMRIP member from Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia 

3.EMRIP member from Central and South America, and the Caribbean 

4.EMRIP member from the Pacific 

Individual applications, including a motivation letter, must be submitted and received by 18 December 2018 (12 noon Greenwich Mean Time / GMT) through the on-line application procedure, which consists of (1) an online survey and (2) an application form in Word format. Updated information on the selection and appointment procedure is available at the following web pages: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/Nominations.aspx and https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/HRC40.aspx In case of technical difficulties, the Secretariat may be contacted by email at hrcspecialprocedures@ohchr.org or by fax at + 41 22 917 9008. The Secretariat of the Human Rights Council avails itself of this opportunity to renew to all Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva, international organizations or their offices, national institutions, non-governmental organizations and other human rights bodies the assurances of its highest consideration.