At the 30^th session of the Human Rights Council five country-specific mandates were renewed, three special procedure mandate holders and four members of the Advisory Committee were appointed.

Renewed mandates

Five country-specific mandates were renewed:

• The mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic was extended for a period of one year.
• The mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia was extended for a period of one year.
• The mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan was extended for a period of one year.  
• The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea was extended for a period of one year.
• The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia was extended for a period of two years.

New Mandate Holders

The President of the Human Rights Council’s list of candidates was approved by the Council on 2 October 2015 with the appointment of the following special procedure mandate holders:

• Ms. Karima Bennoune (United States of America), as the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.
• Mr. Ahmed Reid (Jamaica), as a member of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent from Latin American and Caribbean States.
• Mr. Henrikas Mickevicius (Lithuania), as a member of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances from Eastern European States.

Advisory Committee

To fill four vacant seats in the Advisory Committee, the Council appointed four members:

• Imeru Tamrat Yigezu for the African States.
• Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Al Sheddi for the Asian States.
• Mario Luis Coriolano for the Latin American and Caribbean States.
• Katharina Pabel for the Western European and Others States.