This new mandate will start once the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic’s mandate ends: Pablo Sérgio Pinheiro (Brazil) will be the first Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic. Mr. Pinheiro, who has a PHD in political science, University of Paris, has taught courses and seminars on international human rights law, human rights bodies and mechanism at universities in Brazil, the USA, the UK and France. He has more than 30 years of experience in the research on human rights and more than 20 years monitoring human rights for the IACHR-OAS, the ICRC, and the UN. He was the UN Special Rapporteur on Burundi (1995-1998) and on Myanmar (2000-2008). He headed the UN Independent Special Commission of Inquiry on Timor-Leste, 2005, and as member of the UN International Commission of Inquiry on Alleged Violations in Togo, 2000. He currently chairs the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
  
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