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The basics of special procedures

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Find out about the Special Procedures, the independent human rights experts tasked by the UN to investigate and report on human rights situations around the world.

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The experts that make up a Special Procedure are

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Politically tied to the country they are from

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Are paid to be at the Human Rights Councils

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Entirely independent and unbiased

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Careful not to bring up issues that are politically sensitive.

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