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VII. Overview of States not yet visited by any mandate holder
As of 31 December 2019, out of the 193
United Nations Member States, 171 States
(88.6%) have been visited by at least one
special procedures mandate holder. A total of
22 States (11.4%) have never been visited; 6
States have not yet received any request, 13
States have not yet accepted any request, 1
State has extended an invitation and 2 States
have accepted requests for visits, however,
they had not yet taken place as of 31
December 2019.
States never visited, no
request sent
States never visited,
request(s) sent
(6 in total)
(16 in total)
Andorra
Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda
Brunei Darussalam
Monaco
Djibouti1
Palau
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Eritrea2
San Marino
Eswatini
Grenada
Regional division UN Member
States not yet visited by any
mandate (of the 22 in total)
Guinea
Luxembourg3
Micronesia (Federated
States of)
African
Group,
23%
Asia Pacific
Group,
EEG, 0%
27%
WEOG,
18%
GRULAC,
32%
Nauru4
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome e Principe
Surinam
Tonga
Vanuatu5
1
2
3
4
5
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 any other mandate holder concerning its own human rights situation.
Eritrea extended an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and to the Special Rapporteur
on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in 2016.
Luxembourg has accepted a visit request from the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women
and children (dates to be agreed).
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of migrants visited off-shore detention centres in Nauru during his
country visit to Australia from 1 to 18 November 2016.
Vanuatu has accepted visit requests from the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, the Special Rapporteur on
indigenous peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (dates
to be agreed).
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