Rodolfo Stavenhagen (born 1932) is a Mexican sociologist. He is a professor-researcher at El Colegio de México and former Deputy Director General of UNESCO. In 2001 he was appointed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people through Resolution 2001/57.^[1] His mandate expired 30 April 2008. He was succeeded by Prof S. James Anaya of the University of Arizona^[2]

The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) awarded its Honorary Fellowship to Rodolfo Stavenhagen in 1982.

• Information Note on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
• Curriculum Vitae
• Profile at The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

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1. ↑ Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2001/57
2. ↑ IWGIA welcomes the new Special Rapporteur Professor S. James Anaya