A/HRC/37/37/Add.1 WEOG Portugal Special Rapporteur on the right to education WEOG Sweden Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions WEOG United States of America Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression WEOG Norway Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders WEOG Austria Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons WEOG Austria Special Rapporteur on minority issues WEOG United Kingdom Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences WEOG Denmark Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment WEOG Canada Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences WEOG Spain, Germany Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation Asia-Pacific Group Japan Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members Cross regional sponsors (14 thematic mandates) Regional Group Country Mandate African Group, AsiaPacific Group, EEG, GRULAC, WEOG Maldives, Costa Rica, Slovenia, Switzerland, Morocco Special Rapporteur on the issue of Human Rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment African Group, AsiaPacific Group, EEG, GRULAC, WEOG United States of America, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, Nigeria Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association African Group, AsiaPacific Group, EEG, GRULAC, WEOG France, Albania, Romania, Belgium, Peru, Chile, Philippines, Senegal, Morocco Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights African Group, AsiaPacific Group, GRULAC, EEG, WEOG Hungary, Australia, Botswana, Maldives, Mexico, Thailand Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers African Group, AsiaPacific Group, GRULAC, WEOG France, Argentina, Japan, Morocco Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances African Group, GRULAC, EEG, WEOG Norway, Russian Federation, Ghana, Argentina and crossregional group Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises 43