Posts Tagged ‘Special Rapporteur’
Special Rapporteur – Contemporary Forms of Slavery
In March 2020, the Human Rights Council appointed Mr. Tomoya Obokata as Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences. Mr Tomoya Obokata is a Japanese scholar of international law and human rights, specialising in transnational organised crime, human trafficking and modern slavery. (Photo: https://www.ohchr.org) The mandate on contemporary forms of slavery…
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Visit of UN Human Rights Expert The UN Special Rapporteur for Migrants is Mr François Crépeau. Special Rapporteurs are independent from any government or organization. Their role is to make fact finding visits to countries to investigate human rights compliance for various themes. Mr Crépeau visited Australia 1-18 November “to assess, in a spirit of cooperation…
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