Asma Jahangir

Asma Jahangir

female, 57 years old
Asma Jilani Jahangir (born 1952 Lahore) is a Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist. She has been the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
Manfred Nowak

Manfred Nowak

male
Manfred Nowak (b. Bad Aussee, 26 June 1950) is an Austrian human rights lawyer. Nowak is a Professor at the University of Vienna, where he is...
John Ruggie

John Ruggie

male
John G. Ruggie is the Evron and Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs, and Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Sharmin and Bijan...
Jean Ziegler

Jean Ziegler

male, 75 years old
Jean Ziegler (born April 19, 1934) is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and a senior professor of sociology at the University of...
Katarina Tomasevski

Katarina Tomasevski

female, deceased (2006)
Katarina Tomasevski (b. Yugoslavia, 8 February 1953 - 4 October 2006) was, from 1998 to 2004, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to...
Paul Hunt

Paul Hunt

male
Paul Hunt, a native of New Zealand, has held several positions where he reported to the United Nations on human rights issues.On February 15 2006...
Leandro Despouy

Leandro Despouy

male
Leandro Despouy is an Argentine human rights lawyer. He is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. Despouy...
Hina Jilani

Hina Jilani

female
Hina Jilani (born 1953 in Lahore) is a well-known lawyer and human-rights activist in Pakistan. She co-founded, with her sister Asma Jahangir,...
Sima Samar Sima Samar

Sima Samar Sima Samar

female, deceased (1957) (Afghanistan)
Dr. Sima Samar is the Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the...