Thematic procedures Mandate name Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography Independent Expert on the right to development Name and country of origin of current mandate holder Mr Juan Miguel Petit (Uruguay) Included in mandate Communications* Country visits Mr Arjun Sengupta (India) Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Mr Paul Hunt (New Zealand) Special Rapporteur on the right to education Ms Katarina Tomasevski (Croatia) Ms Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) Country visits Mr Jean Ziegler (Switzerland) Communications Country visits Communications* Country visits Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Special Rapporteur on the right to food v Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders Ms Hina Jilani (Pakistan) Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living Mr Miloon Kothari (India) Special Rapporteur on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people Mr Rodolfo Stavenhagen (Mexico) Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Special Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons Special Rapporteur on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination Communications* Country visits Country visits Communications (with other mandates) Communications Country visits Mr Leandro Despouy (Argentina) Mr Ambeyi Ligabo (Kenya) Communications Country visits Communications* Country visits Mr Abdelfattah Amor (Tunisia) Communications Country visits Communications Country visits Mr Francis Deng (Sudan) Mr Enrique Bernales Ballesteros (Peru) Country visits Ms Gabriela Rodriguez (Costa Rica) Ms Anne-Marie Lizin (Belgium) Communications Country visits Country visits Mr Doudou Diene (Senegal) Communications Country visits Independent Expert on structural adjustment policies and foreign debt Mr Bernards Andrew Nyamwaya Mudho (Kenya) Country visits Special Rapporteur on torture Mr Theo van Boven (Netherlands) Ms Fatima Zohra OuhachiVesely (Algeria) Communications* Country visits Communications Country visits Ms Yakin Erturk (Turkey) Communications* Country visits Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children New mandate, person not yet appointed Communications Independent Expert on protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism New mandate, person not yet appointed Independant Expert to update the set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity New mandate, person not yet appointed Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Independent Expert on human rights and extreme poverty Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences NOTE: * HAS ISSUED GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS. MINORITY RIGHTS: A GUIDE TO UNITED NATIONS PROCEDURES AND INSTITUTIONS 43