A/HRC/37/37/Add.1
V.
Overview of States not yet visited by any mandate holder
As at 31 December 2017, out of the 193 United
Nations Member States, 169 States (87.6 %) have
been visited by at least one special procedures
mandate holder. A total of 24 States (12.4 %) have
never been visited; 9 States have not yet received any
request, 12 States have not yet accepted any request
and 3 States have accepted requests for visits,
however, they had not yet taken place as of 31
December 2017.
Regional division of UN Member
States not yet visited by any
mandate (of the 24 in total)
WEOG,
17%
GRULA
C, 25%
African
Group,
33%
Asia
Pacific
Group,
25%
States never visited,
no request sent
States never visited,
request(s) sent
(9 in total)
(15 in total)
Andorra
Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda
Djiboutia
Brunei Darussalam
Eritrea
Dominica
Grenada
Monaco
Guinea
Palau
Lesothoe
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Libyab
Saint Lucia
Luxembourgc
San Marino
Micronesia
Naurud
Sao Tome e Principe
Swaziland
Tonga
Vanuatu
EEG, 0%
Zimbabwe
a Djibouti has been visited by the mandate holders on the situation of human rights in Somalia (2011) and in
Eritrea (2013) but has not yet accepted a visit from other mandate holders concerning its human rights situation.
b Libya accepted requests for country visits from several mandate holders; however all missions to the country
had been postponed for security reasons until further notice. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of internally
displaced persons conducted a visit to the country in January 2018.
c Luxembourg accepted a visit request from the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women
and children in 2015 (postponed/cancelled by mandate holder due to prior engagements). The request of the
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty in 2015 has not received a response.
d The Special Rapporteur on the situation of migrants visited off-shore detention centers in Nauru during his
country visit to Australia from 1 to 18 November 2016.
e. Lesotho has accepted the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation 2018/2019 (dates
to be agreed)
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