Correct Answer : Option (A) - KP Ashwini
KP Ashwini On Friday(7th Oct 2022), the UN Human Rights Council(UNHRC) appointed the first Asian and first Indian as an independent expert on racism and related intolerance.
The 47-member UN human rights body, based in Geneva, endorsed the appointment of Dalit activist and professor of political science, Ashwini K.P. on Friday(7th Oct 2022). The vacancy for the Special Rapporteur (SR) on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance came up unexpectedly as the incumbent, Zambia’s E. Tendayi Achiume, resigned before the completion of her three-year term.
Special Rapporteurs are independent experts appointed by the UNHRC who serve personally and report on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective.
Ashwini’s name was part of a three-member shortlist recommended by the Consultative Group for the selection of the mandate holders to the President of the Council. Besides Ashwini, the shortlist included Joshua Castellino, also from India, and Botswana’s Unity Dow.
The UNHRC president then nominated her to the Council, which officially appointed her just before the conclusion of its 51st session on Friday. Ashwini’s three-year term will begin on November 1.
K.P. Ashwini, a Dalit scholar whose roots are in
Kurabarahalli in Kolar district,
Karnataka, has been appointed Special Rapporteur for
United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC)..
Source : The Wire