Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty 09 April 2008

Research Director Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona was appointed Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty by the United Nations Human Rights Council on March 26. Magdalena will be in charge of one of the independent human rights monitoring and advisory mechanisms known as Special Procedures. She will continue to work at the International Council on Human Rights Policy when she takes up her new responsibilities.