Appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, but independent, unpaid, and free to  speak their minds, Special Rapporteurs occupy a curious space within the UN System.

To find out more about what it’s like to be a Special Rapporteur, and why they are willing to give up their time to cover what are, often, difficult situations, Conor Lennon invited three of them – Nazila Ghanea, Morris Tidball-Binz, and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, into the UN studios, whilst they were in New York to brief the General Assembly on their findings.

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Music:: Within the Earth, Ketsa