A new mandate holder will be appointed at the end of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, scheduled to take place from 13 September to 1 October 2021.

Individual applications, including a motivation letter, must be submitted and received by 11 June 2021 at 12 noon Geneva time 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, as well as the call for applications in the six United Nations official languages, are available at https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/Nominations.aspx

For more information about the specific mandate on cultural rights, please consult: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/CulturalRights/Pages/SRCulturalRightsIndex.aspx