How to Use rapporteur in a Sentence

rapporteur

noun

• He was selected to be the UN's rapporteur on nuclear energy.
• That job led to a stint in Myanmar as a special rapporteur.
  — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• The special rapporteur does not make any conclusions on the guilt of the Saudi Crown Prince and King.
  — Nic Robertson, CNN, 19 June 2019
• The head of the regional federal appeals court ruled in favor of the rapporteur.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 15 July 2018
• Special rapporteurs are part of the U.N. human rights council.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
• His comments add to the outrage felt by Tauli-Corpuz’s fellow rapporteurs.
  — Sofia Lotto Persio, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2018
• On the train to Strasbourg, Paul drafted a motion to appoint a special rapporteur for Malta, while Matthew consulted a lawyer over the phone.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• What’s more, the judge who is the rapporteur in the federal court handling the da Silva case contested Judge Favreto’s order.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 15 July 2018
• Later, the rapporteur of the bill creating Citizen Income said the sources of financing for the new program have not changed.
  — Martha Viotti Beck, Bloomberg.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• The rapporteur said Judge Favreto didn’t have the authority to accept the habeas corpus request.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 15 July 2018
• Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for Afghanistan on human rights, condemned the blasts.
  — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2022
• The speechwriters and special rapporteurs live in their bubbles.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
• Even David Kaye, the United Nations rapporteur on the protection of freedom of expression, raised concerns.
  — Adam Satariano, New York Times, 5 July 2018
• The United Nations appointed him a special rapporteur for human rights in Nigeria in 1997.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2021
• The bishop of the central province of Matagalpa had been held for more than a year, and in recent months was locked up in solitary confinement, according to U.N. human rights rapporteurs.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• The coalition of nursing unions — representing more than 2.5 million health-care workers from 28 countries — wrote a letter to Tlaleng Mofokeng, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health.
  — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
• David Kaye, a former United Nations special rapporteur on free expression, said Twitter should revert the policy and go back to the drawing board.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
• Edison Lanzas, the commission’s freedom of expression rapporteur, said that the government had confirmed the death toll.
  — Washington Post, 21 May 2018
• The special rapporteur noted that much of the population relies on black market trade to provide alternative sources of food.
  — Ivan Watson, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
• Sewell first visited Lowndes with the U.N. special rapporteur.
  — Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• In a 2013 report, the United Nations special rapporteur for torture said that the rights of students at the center had been violated under the U.N. convention against torture.
  — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
• Felipe Gonzalez Morales, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, also blamed the fire on government policies.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Months later, the false positives scandal came to light, the United Nations sent a special rapporteur to the country and Uribe removed Montoya and other military officials from their roles.
  — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
• Last year, Iran executed 280 people, according to a report published in March by the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the country.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
• Another proposal led by the Marshall Islands to create a new special rapporteur on climate change was also approved by the Council on Friday.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2021
• Alston was appointed by the U.N. human rights council as the special rapporteur on extreme poverty to investigate the plight of the most vulnerable people in the economic doldrums of the richest nation in the world.
  — Gale Holland, latimes.com, 11 Dec. 2017
• Trudeau, who is under fire from opposition parties to immediately call a wide-ranging public inquiry into the issue, said that decision would be up to the rapporteur.
  — Paula Newton, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
• The military has killed more than 2,000 civilians, including some in apparent war atrocities, according to the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar.
  — Aung Naing Soe, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• David Boyd, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, describes the country as a front line for litigation using innovative rights arguments to fight climate change.
  — Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• As Buttigieg noted, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture recommends no more than 15 days in solitary and an absolute ban on its use for juveniles and people with mental illnesses.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 24 July 2019

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024