How to Use rapporteur in a Sentence

rapporteur

noun
  • He was selected to be the UN's rapporteur on nuclear energy.
  • In each committee, a rapporteur will lead the drafting process.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • The head of the regional federal appeals court ruled in favor of the rapporteur.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 15 July 2018
  • The speechwriters and special rapporteurs live in their bubbles.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • His comments add to the outrage felt by Tauli-Corpuz’s fellow rapporteurs.
    — Sofia Lotto Persio, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The special rapporteur does not make any conclusions on the guilt of the Saudi Crown Prince and King.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN, 19 June 2019
  • Right Now Each committee designates a rapporteur to lead the drafting.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • While there is no evidence of this being a common trend, such narratives permeate the special rapporteur’s report.
    — Jenna Norosky, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The rapporteur said Judge Favreto didn’t have the authority to accept the habeas corpus request.
    — 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
  • 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
  • Edison Lanzas, the commission’s freedom of expression rapporteur, said that the government had confirmed the death toll.
    — Washington Post, 21 May 2018
  • Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for Afghanistan on human rights, condemned the blasts.
    — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • In his report, UN special rapporteur Bennett also backed calls for gender apartheid to be a punishable offense and predicted a dystopic future for women and girls should the world fail to act.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 30 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In January and February, Mai Sato, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, was inundated with stories much like Sam’s.
    — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • In a letter to UN special rapporteurs dated in January, the Saudi government rejected allegations of secret executions, unfair trials and the mistreatment of foreign prisoners.
    — Muhammad Darwish, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Ben Saul, UN special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, has condemned both US and Iranian threats to target civilian energy infrastructure.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026

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