Javaid Rehman

Javaid Rehman

United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2018
Preceded by	Asma Jahangir^[1]

Personal details
Born	Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater	Government College, Lahore University of the Punjab University of Reading University of Hull

Javaid Rehman (Urdu: جاوید رحمان) is a British-Pakistani legal scholar and Professor of Islamic Law and International Law at Brunel University London.

Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran

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On 7 July 2018, he was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.^[2] On 6 August 2018, Javaid Rehman, wrote to the Iranian Government expressing his interest in visiting Iran. He said he had already received a number of reports raising concerns about alleged violations of human rights in the country. He commenced his duties officially on 13 July 2018.^[3]

Works

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Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives (2013) ISBN 9781136778681

References

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^ "Appointment of UN special rapporteur unacceptable: Larijani". 4 September 2016.
^ "British-Pakistani Appointed UN Special Rapporteur On Human Rights In Iran". Radio Farda. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "OHCHR | New UN human rights expert on Iran seeks cooperation and dialogue with Government". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

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Rehman's CV

v t e United Nations special rapporteurs
Countries & territories	Belarus (Anaïs Marin) Burundi (Fortuné Gaetan Zongo) Cambodia (Vitit Muntarbhorn) Iran (Javaid Rehman) Myanmar (Tom Andrews) North Korea (Elizabeth Salmón) Palestine (Francesca Albanese) Russian Federation (Mariana Katzarova) Somalia (Isha Dyfan)
(Human Rights) Thematic mandates	Adequate Housing (Balakrishnan Rajagopal) Albinism (Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond) Assembly and association (Gina Romero) Climate Change (Elisa Morgera) Contemporary Forms of Slavery (Tomoya Obokata) Cultural Rights (Alexandra Xanthaki) Democratic and Equitable International Order (Livingstone Sewanyana) Disabilities (Heba Hagrass) Education (Farida Shaheed) Effects of Economic Reform Policies and Foreign Debt on Human Rights (Attiya Waris) Environment (Astrid Puentes Riaño) Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (Morris Tidball-Binz) Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association (Clément Nyaletsossi Voule) Freedom of Opinion and Expression (Irene Khan) Freedom of Religion or Belief (Nazila Ghanea) Human Rights Defenders (Mary Lawlor) Independence of Judges and Lawyers (Margaret Satterthwaite) Indigenous People (Francisco Cali Tzay) Internally Displaced Persons (Paula Gaviria Betancur) International Solidarity (Cecilia Bailliet) Leprosy (Beatriz Miranda-Galarza) Migrants (François Crépeau) Minority Issues (Fernand de Varennes) Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights (Alena Douhan) Physical and Mental Health (Tlaleng Mofokeng) Privacy (Ana Brian Nougrères) Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism (Ben Saul) Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Ashwini K.P.) Right to Food (Michael Fakhri) Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children (Najat Maalla M'jid) Torture (Alice Jill Edwards) Trafficking in Persons (Siobhán Mullally) Transnational Corporations (Damilola Olawuyi) Truth, Justice, Reparation & non-Recurrence (Fabián Salvioli) Violence against Women (Reem Alsalem) Water and Sanitation (Pedro Arrojo Agudo) Illicit Movement of Toxic Waste (Marcos A. Orellana)
United Nations special rapporteurs bear mandates from the United Nations Human Rights Council and may hold the titles special rapporteur, independent expert or special representative of the Secretary-General, and are also referred to simply as mandate-holders.