NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Sl. No. 4. Zone/area covered as per new scheme Name of Special Rapporteur Tenure EAST ZONE Shri B.B. Mishra IPS (Retd) 12.03.2018 to 11.03.2019 Dr. C.K. Mathew IAS (Retd) 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019 West Bengal, Odisha and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Remarks Additional charge of NORTH EAST ZONE Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh 5. SOUTH ZONE Tamil Nadu, Poducherry, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana & Karnataka. Additional charge as mentioned in column 2 above. Resigned w.e.f. 15/11/18. Submitted for approval THEMATIC SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS 1. Disabilities Shri P.K. Pincha 01.12.2015 to 30.11.2018 2. Bonded Labour / Child Labour/ Migrant Labour Dr. Ashok Sahu, IES (Retd) 01.07.2016 to 31.12.2018 F. Core and Expert Groups 5.10 Core and Expert Groups consist of eminent persons or subject experts or representatives of Government or technical institutions or NGOs in a given field required by the Commission, be it health, mental health, disability, bonded labour, etc. These Groups render expert advice to the Commission as per their expertise. Some of the important Core and Expert Groups that functioned in the NHRC during 2016-2017 were: · Core Advisory Group on Health and Mental Health 76 Annual Report 2017-2018