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                   HIS/HER FUNCTIONS:                               HIS/HER MANDATE:

                       to   inquire  into   any   substantial          To receive information related to:
                       allegations transmitted to him or her,          –      individual cases,
                       and to report  his or  her  conclusions
                       and recommendations about them;                 –      certain groups or associations,
                       to identify and record not only attacks         general trends,
                       on the independence of the judiciary,           –      systematic human rights
                       lawyers and court  officials  but also          violations committed in a certain
                       progress achieved in protecting  and            country,
                       enhancing their independence, and               –      the content of a draft law or
                       to make concrete recommendations,               an already effective law, which does
                       including the provision of advisory             not meet international standards on
                       services or technical assistance when           human rights;
                       they  are  requested  by the  State  in
                       question;                                       to  act on information  submitted to
                                                                       his/her  attention  regarding  alleged
                       to  identify ways and  means  to                violations    relating     to     the
                       improve the judicial system, and make           independence and impartiality of the
                       concrete  recommendations  about                judiciary and the independence  of
                       them;                                           the legal profession;
                       to  study,  for  the  purpose  of  making       to  send allegation letters and urgent
                       proposals, important  and topical               appeals  to concerned  Governments,
                       questions of  principle with a view to          to be subsequently in the next
                       protecting   and    enhancing     the           communication  report  of special
                       independence  of the  judiciary and             procedures         following      the
                       lawyers and court officials;                    communications sent;
                       to continue to cooperate  closely,              to  take  preventive  measures  or
                       while   avoiding   duplication,  with           organise investigations, if necessary;
                       relevant   United   Nations   bodies,
                       mandates and mechanisms and with                to conduct country  visits  upon the
                       regional organisations;                         invitation of the relevant Government
                                                                       with subsequent submission of a report
                       to report  regularly to the Council in          on the visit  to the Human Rights
                       accordance with its programme of                Council,  presenting  his/her  findings,
                       work,  and  annually to  the  General           conclusions and recommendations;
                       Assembly.
                                                                       to present annual thematic reports to
                                                                       the Human Rights Council (June
                                                                       session) and the  General Assembly
                                                                       highlighting  important  issues or  areas
                                                                       of concern related to the mandate.

















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