Five mandate holders are to be appointed at the thirty-eighth session of the Council (18 June to 6 July 2018):

1. Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment [HRC res. 28/11]
2. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran [HRC res. 34/23]
3. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from African States [HRC res. 35/7]
4. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, member from Eastern European States [HRC res. 35/7]
5. Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, member from Western European and other States [HRC res. 33/4]

Individual applications, including a motivation letter, must be submitted and received by 4 May 2018 (12 noon Greenwich Mean Time / GMT) through the on-line application procedure, which consists of (1) an online survey and (2) an application form in Word format. Updated information on the selection and appointment procedure is available at the following web page: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/Nominations.aspx