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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">International 2020 Women’s Day Collaborative Statement by UN Human Rights Experts*</span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Twenty-five years after the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, no country in the world is free from discrimination against women.</span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">6 March 2020 - Women’s and girls’ activism and autonomous movements have been the driving forces behind the advancement of women’s human rights and gender equality, and remain ever essential.
Women and girls have been at the forefront of movements for change around the world. But 25 years on from the Beijing Platform of Action, responsibility for progress cannot continue to lie solely on the shoulders of women. While women continue to lead the
struggle for equality, men are now more than ever called upon to be a part of movements for gender equality and become women´s human rights defenders. Men and boys need to stand with women and girls as allies in the fight for gender equality and demand an
end to impunity and accountability for violations of women’s rights and access to justice. Discrimination against women and girls is a human rights violation which must not be tolerated and States must be held accountable for implementing international standards
guaranteeing women’s and girls’ human rights and achieving substantive gender equality. Structural causes for inequality and deeply entrenched discriminatory attitudes and practices must be tackled in order to achieve gender equality and a sustainable future
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we call for immediate actions for ending discrimination again women and girls.
<b><span style="color:#C00000">The time to act is now. </span></b>International Women’s Day has been observed for over a century in different parts of the world. Since the United Nations’ proclamation of 8 March as the Day for Women’s Rights and World Peace
in 1977, much has been accomplished, by the international community collectively and by countries individually. An important groundbreaking international human rights treaty, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, was
adopted in 1979, imposing legal obligations on States to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women in all areas of life. The World Conference on Human Rights in 1993 declared for the first time that women’s rights are human rights. The United Nations
convened its Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace in 1995 and adopted a comprehensive plan to advance women’s right to equality – the Beijing Platform for Action. Gender equality is included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development adopted in 2015, both as a stand-alone goal and mainstreamed throughout all goals. Many constitutional and legal reforms to integrate women’s human rights fully into domestic law have occurred and many countries have eliminated discriminatory laws.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">While celebrating achievements and acknowledging contributions by many, including the UN and regional mechanisms on the elimination of discrimination and violence against women<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[1]</span></span></span></a>,
we must recognize that progress remains insufficient 25 years after the Beijing Platform of Action and 41 years since the adoption of CEDAW. Today no country in the world is totally free of discriminatory practices, and discriminatory laws still exist in many
places, affecting some of the most critical areas of women’s lives such as marriage, divorce, nationality, free movement, the right to inheritance, property, and work. Important achievements including in the field of reproductive rights, are today at stake.
Everywhere, to different degrees, women are still discriminated either through acts of State and non-state actors that explicitly or implicitly deny them the exercise of rights or through a State´s failure to adopt and implement national legislations and
policies aimed at achieving gender equality and prohibiting gender-based violence against women. Furthermore, in a context where most countries have implemented fiscal consolidation measures, women disproportionally bear the consequences of economic crisis
at various levels and assume a disproportionate burden of unpaid care. We should also not forget that women continue to be excluded from peace and reconciliation processes and mechanisms, despite the fact that they constitute one of the groups most affected
by armed conflicts.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discrimination against women and girls manifests in many forms, from women being considered inferior and excluded from cultural, political, economic, financial, social and religious power to
women and girls being subjected to harmful practices, stereotypes and stigma, forced into marriages and contemporary forms of slavery, subjected to human trafficking, physical, psychological, sexual and economic and political violence and abuse, deprived of
educational and employment opportunities, denied of their sexual and reproductive health rights, objectified in the media, and denigrated in songs, films, and other artistic or cultural productions and traditions. Ageism toward older women is a growing concern
in many societies. The failure to address women’s specific needs, including their reproductive and sexual health, by denying them access to dedicated health services also constitutes discrimination. Criminalization of sexual or reproductive conduct and decision-making
that predominately affects women is also inherently discriminatory.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discrimination against women and girls persists and is too often unchallenged or normalized, including in marketing of products and services that perpetuate gender stereotypes and objectifies
women’s bodies. In fact, discrimination lies at the heart of every issue faced by women regardless of their identity or status. It operates in all spheres of women’s lives and is by no means accidental; discrimination is indeed political and systemic. It often
reflects cultural stereotypes about women which international law requires States to change. The private sector also must do more to ensure systematic changes to patriarchal power structures, social norms, gender stereotypes and hostile environments that are
barriers to women’s equal enjoyment of human rights in all spheres. Structural discrimination, which exists in the public and private realms, reflects an underlying power imbalance that is intended to suppress women and relegate them to an inferior status,
whether through what may be perceived as an innocuous practice which is in reality a denial of certain rights, to harmful stigma and marginalization to extreme forms of violence and femicide.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gender inequality is the result of any of these forms of discrimination and is often exacerbated by other factors including poverty, conflict, race, age, and most systems of domination. Thus
adopting an intersectional approach to gender discrimination is of critical importance in order to understand and adequately respond to the unique forms of discrimination generally experienced by women on account of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion,
sexual orientation, age, and disability status among others. Gender inequality is inherently unjust and an ill which undermines the well-being of all societies. Migrant women and girls, asylum seekers and refugees are particularly vulnerable to discrimination,
exploitation and violence.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Despite the persistent discrimination and increasing backlash, women and girls human rights defenders and activists have not allowed themselves to be intimidated and silenced. They have been
engaged in a range of issues, demanding an end to armed conflicts, gun violence, militarism, authoritarianism, fundamentalism and extremism, hunger, corporate abuses, racism, among many others. They fight for environmental and climate justice, the right to
water and sanitation, land rights, and the rights of children, youth and the older persons, indigenous peoples, minorities, migrants, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse persons. Today on this International Women’s
Day, we pay tribute to these women and girls and we celebrate their courage and achievements.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">See news release
</span><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25672&LangID=E" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“The time to act is now” – UN experts
urge men and boys to become women’s human rights defenders</span></a></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">*UN experts:</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Elizabeth Broderick (Vice Chair), Ms. Alda Facio, Ms. Ivana Radačić, Ms. Meskerem Geset Techane (Chair),
</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Melissa Upreti</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">,
</span></strong></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/WGWomen/Pages/WGWomenIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Working
Group on discrimination against women and girls</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Mr. Ahmed Reid (Chair), Ms. Dominique Day, Mr. Michal Balcerzak, Mr. Ricardo A. Sunga III, Mr. Sabelo Gumedze,</b>
</span></em><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/WGAfricanDescent/Pages/WGEPADIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Working Group of experts on people of African
descent</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;</span></em><em><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:black; background:white"> Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:black; background:white">
</span></em><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Albinism/Pages/IEAlbinism.aspx&data=02%7c01%7c%7c746c8f25b5b047b7e9d208d7382c964f%7c84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7c1%7c0%7c637039636507473009&sdata=lQslUgNwsCb%2BEtRKpbFDaNWV1k1x5gwG0BlU6Y3u2qo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Protected by Outlook: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Albinism/Pages/IEAlbinism.aspx. Click or tap to follow the link." style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#663399; background:white">Independent
Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">;<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444"> </span></em><b><span style="color:black">Mr. José Antonio Guevara Bermúdez (Chair), Ms. Leigh Toomey (Vice-Chair on Communications), Ms. Elina Steinerte (Vice-Chair on Follow-up), Mr.
Seong-Phil Hong and Mr. Sètondji Adjovi,</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span>
<span style="color:#1F497D">Working Group on </span></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/detention/pages/wgadindex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue">Arbitrary
Detention</span></em></a><span class="lblnewsfulltext"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">;
<b>Mr. Surya Deva, Ms. Elżbieta Karska, Mr. Githu Muigai (Chair), Mr. Dante Pesce, and Ms. Anita Ramasastry (Vice Chair</b>),
</span></i></span><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/WGHRandtransnationalcorporationsandotherbusiness.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Working Group on
the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises</span></i></a><span class="lblnewsfulltext"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">;
</span></i></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Ms Anaïs Marin</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">,
</span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/ENACARegion/Pages/BYIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;
</span></i><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Rhona Smith,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/CountriesMandates/KH/Pages/SRCambodia.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Mr. Yao Agbetse,</b> </span></em><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/CountriesMandates/CF/Pages/IECentralAfricanRepublic.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Independent
Expert on the situation of human rights in Central African Republic;</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Karima Bennoune, Special Rapporteur in the field of
</span></i></strong><a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/CulturalRights/Pages/SRCulturalRightsIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">cultural
rights</span></em></a><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
</span></i></strong><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">,
</span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disability/SRDisabilities/Pages/SRDisabilitiesIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the rights of
persons with disabilities</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;
</span></i><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Luciano A. Hazan </span></i></strong><em><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">(Chair), </span></b></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr.
Tae-Ung Baik</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444"> <b>(Vice Chair), </b></span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Bernard Duhaime</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">, </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms.
Houria Es-Slami,</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444"> </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Henrikas Mickevičius,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disappearances/Pages/DisappearancesIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary
Disappearances</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">; Dr. Koumbou Boly Barry,
</span></em><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Education/SREducation/Pages/SREducationIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the right to education</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;
Mr. David R. Boyd, </span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Environment/SREnvironment/Pages/SRenvironmentIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur
on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;</span></i><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
Ms. Daniela Kravetz</span></i></strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">,
</span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/CountriesMandates/ER/Pages/SREritrea.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special Rapporteur
on the situation of human rights in Eritrea;</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Agnes Callamard,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/executions/pages/srexecutionsindex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special Rapporteur
on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
<b>Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky</b>, </span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/IEDebt/Pages/IEDebtIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Independent Expert
on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">;
<b>Mr. Saad Alfarargi</b>, </span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/SRDevelopment/Pages/SRDevelopmentIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur
on the right to development</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">;
<b>Ms. Hilal Elver</b>, </span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Food/Pages/FoodIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the right to food;</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
<b>Mr. David Kaye</b><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, </span>
</em></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/OpinionIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection
of the right to freedom of opinion and expression</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Mr. </b></span></em><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Clément Nyaletsossi Voule</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">,
</span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/AssemblyAssociation/Pages/SRFreedomAssemblyAssociationIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the rights
to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;</span></i><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
<b>Ms. Hilal Elver</b>, </span></em><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Food/Pages/FoodIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the right to food</span></em></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Mr. Dainius Pūras, </span>
</strong></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Health/Pages/SRRightHealthIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special Rapporteur
on the right to physical and mental health</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Ms. Leilani Farha,</b> </span></em><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on adequate housing
as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context;</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Michel Forst,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/srhrdefenders/pages/srhrdefendersindex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr.Diego García-Sayán,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Judiciary/Pages/IDPIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special Rapporteur
on the independence of judges and lawyers</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/ipeoples/srindigenouspeoples/pages/sripeoplesindex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary</b>, </span></em><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IDPersons/Pages/IDPersonsIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur
on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Mr.</b> </span></em><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Livingstone Sewanyana</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">,</span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IntOrder/Pages/IEInternationalorderIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;
</span></i><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Obiora C. Okafor,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Solidarity/Pages/IESolidarityIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Independent
Expert on human rights and international solidarity</span></em></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Mr. Javaid Rehman, </span>
</strong></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/sp/countriesmandates/ir/pages/sriran.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteor on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran</span></em></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ms. Alice Cruz, </span></strong></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Leprosy/Pages/AliceCruz.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy</span></em></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Mr. Chris Kwaja (Chair), Ms. Jelena Aparac, Ms. Lilian Bobea, Ms. Sorcha MacLeod and Mr. Saeed Mokbil</b>,
</span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Mercenaries/WGMercenaries/Pages/WGMercenariesIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Working Group on the use of mercenaries
as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination;</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
<b>Mr.</b> </span></i><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Alioune Tine,
</span></i></b><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/AfricaRegion/Pages/MLIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in
Mali</span></i></a><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">; <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr.</span></strong></span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Felipe González Morales,
</span></strong></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/SRMigrants/Pages/SRMigrantsIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Dr. Fernand de Varennes RP, Doyen</span></b></em><span style="color:#1F497D">,
</span></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Minorities/SRMinorities/Pages/SRminorityissuesIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on minority
issues</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;
</span></i><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ms. Yanghee Lee,
</span></i></b><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/AsiaRegion/Pages/MMIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar;</span></i></a><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">
Ms. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, </span></i></strong><a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/OlderPersons/IE/Pages/IEOlderPersons.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Independent
expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Michael Lynk,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/CountriesMandates/PS/Pages/SRPalestine.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967</span></em></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Mr. Philip Alston,</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
</span></em></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/poverty/pages/srextremepovertyindex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Prof. Joseph Cannataci, </b></span></em><i><u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D"> </span></u></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Privacy/SR/Pages/SRPrivacyIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special
Rapporteur on the right to privacy</span></i></a><i><u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;</span></u></i><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444"> Ms. E. Tendayi Achiume,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/SRRacism/Pages/IndexSRRacism.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Ahmed Shaheed,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomReligion/Pages/FreedomReligionIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief</span></em></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio,
</span></strong></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Children/Pages/ChildrenIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Victor Madrigal-Borloz,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SexualOrientationGender/Pages/Index.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Independent
Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Urmila Bhoola,
</span></i></strong><a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Slavery/SRSlavery/Pages/SRSlaveryIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">,
</span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/AfricaRegion/Pages/SOIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; text-decoration:none">Independent Expert on the situation
of human rights in Somalia</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Mr. Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga,
</span></strong></span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/CountriesMandates/SO/Pages/IESomalia.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Independent
Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Ms. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin,</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/terrorism/pages/srterrorismindex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none"> Special
Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">Mr. Nils Melzer,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://ohchr.org/en/Issues/Torture/srtorture/Pages/srtortureIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special
</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Ms. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro</b>, </span></em><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Trafficking/Pages/TraffickingIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur
on trafficking in persons, especially women and children</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Mr. </b></span></em><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Fabian Salvioli</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">,
</span></i></b><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/TruthJusticeReparation/Pages/Index.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice,
reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence</span></i></a><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">;</span></i></b><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444"> Ms. Dubravka Šimonović,
</span></i></strong><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/SRWomen/Pages/SRWomenIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:blue; text-decoration:none">Special Rapporteur
on violence against women, its causes and consequences</span></em></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">;
<b>Mr. Léo Heller</b>, </span></i><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/SRWaterIndex.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Special Rapporteur
on the rights to water and sanitation</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:#444444">.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></i></p>
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