Appointment of mandate holder Christof Heyns : August 2010 – July 2016

Mandate renewed by A/HRC/RES/26/12

Summary of treaty provisions concerning the right to life

Communications

Click here to view the letters written by the mandate to States

Publications

“The long term human rights implications of targeted killings” Vol. 54 Harvard International Law Journal (2013) 101- 114 (with Sarah Knuckey, NYU)

Websites

Click here for official UN website

Click here for website on the use of force


 Team

Current staff
Part of OHCHR

External staff member: Geneva

Part time: Geneva/South Africa

  • Kathleen Hardy

Full-time in Pretoria

Part-time researchers

Former staff members

  • Romi Brammer
  • Tess Borden
  • Gus Waschefort