rapporteur

American  

[rap-awr-tur, ra-pawr-tœr] / ˌræp ɔrˈtɜr, ra pɔrˈtœr /

noun

plural

rapporteurs

1. a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.

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rapporteur British  

/ ˌræpɔːˈtɜː /

noun

1. a person appointed by a committee to prepare reports of meetings or carry out an investigation

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Etymology

Origin of rapporteur

1490–1500; < French, derivative of rapporter. See rapport, -eur

Example Sentences

But in a letter dated January 2025 - in reply to concerns raised by UN special rapporteurs - they said that Saudi Arabia "protects and upholds" human rights and that its laws "prohibit and punish torture".

From BBC

Last month the United Nations General Assembly received a report from Reem Alsalem, its special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, calling for global abolition of surrogacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The former holiday resort was visited by the UN special rapporteur for extreme poverty as part of a fact-finding mission in 2018.

From BBC

On Wednesday, Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, wrote on X that he was "deeply concerned" by reports of civilian casualties and displacement because of the clashes.

From BBC

UN experts, or special rapporteurs, are independent of the UN, but appointed by it to advise on human rights matters.

From BBC