Elizabeth Salmón

Peruvian legal scholar and rapporteur

Elizabeth Salmón


UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2022
Preceded by	Tomás Ojea Quintana

Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Silvia Salmón Gárate Lima, Peru
Education	University of Seville PUCP

Elizabeth Silvia Salmón Gárate (born in Lima) is a Peruvian legal scholar and the current UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. She was appointed in August 2022 by the OHCHR, replacing Tomás Ojea Quintana.^[1]^[2]

Background

Salmón was born in Lima, Peru.^[3] She received her law degree in 1990 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP).^[3] Shortly after, she attended the University of Seville in Spain, from which she obtained a doctorate in international law in 1996.^[3] She is a tenured Professor of International Law at PUCP.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". OHCHR. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
^ King, Robert (July 25, 2022). "United Nations Appoints Peruvian Scholar Elizabeth Salmón Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea". Korea Economic Institute of America.
^ ^a ^b ^c Salmón, Elizabeth (April 12, 2022). "Application for the position of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the 50th session of the Human Rights Council". OHCHR. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
^ "Elizabeth Silvia Salmón Gárate". Profesores PUCP (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

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United Nations special rapporteurs

Countries and territories

Burundi (Fortuné Gaetan Zongo)
Cambodia (Vitit Muntarbhorn)
Iran (Javaid Rehman)
Myanmar (Tom Andrews)
North Korea (Elizabeth Salmón)
Palestine (Francesca Albanese)
Somalia (Isha Dyfan)

Thematic mandates

Adequate Housing (Balakrishnan Rajagopal)
Contemporary Forms of Slavery (Tomoya Obokata)
Cultural Rights (Alexandra Xanthaki)
Democratic and Equitable International Order (Livingstone Sewanyana)
Education (Farida Shaheed)
Effects of Economic Reform Policies and Foreign Debt on Human Rights (Attiya Waris)
Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (Morris Tidball-Binz)
Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association (Clément Nyaletsossi Voule)
Freedom of Opinion and Expression (Irene Khan)
Freedom of Religion or Belief (Nazila Ghanea)
Human Rights Defenders (Mary Lawlor)
Independence of Judges and Lawyers (Margaret Satterthwaite)
Minority Issues (Fernand de Varennes)
Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights (Alena Douhan)
Physical and Mental Health (Tlaleng Mofokeng)
Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism (Ben Saul)
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Ashwini K.P.)
Right to Food (Michael Fakhri)
Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children (Najat Maalla M'jid)
Torture (Alice Jill Edwards)
Trafficking in Persons (Siobhán Mullally)
Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of non-Recurrence (Fabián Salvioli)
Violence against Women (Reem Alsalem)
Human Rights and Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (Pedro Arrojo Agudo)
Human Rights and International Solidarity (Cecilia Bailliet)
Human Rights and the Illicit Movement of Toxic Waste (Marcos A. Orellana)
Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises (Damilola Olawuyi)
Human Rights of Indigenous People (Francisco Cali Tzay)
Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (Paula Gaviria Betancur)
Human Rights of Migrants (François Crépeau)
Human Rights and the Environment (David Boyd)

United Nations special rapporteurs bear mandates from the United Nations Human Rights Council and may hold the titles special rapporteur, independent expert or special representative of the Secretary-General, and are also referred to simply as mandate-holders.