The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is composed of 18 independent experts, who are persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights.

Members are elected for a term of four years by States parties from among their nationals, consideration being given to equitable geographical distribution and to representation of the different forms of civilization as well as of the principal legal systems, in accordance with article 8 of the Convention. Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected if re-nominated.

The twenty-fifth meeting of States parties will take place in New York on 3 June 2013 with the aim of electing nine members, representing half of the membership of the Committee, in view of the expiration of the term of office of nine members on 19 January 2014. States parties to the Convention were invited to nominate their candidates by 4 March 2013.

The nominations and biographical data in accordance to the form indicated below (Annex II) should be submitted to the CERD Secretariat, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland and in electronic version to ghabtom@ohchr.org, copy to vdecastro@ohchr.org and fmianda@ohchr.org.

General Information

Article 8	E \| F \| S
Biographical data form of candidates to human rights treaty bodies	E \| F \| S
Resolution of the GA regarding equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the Human rights treaty bodies (A/RES/63/167)	E \| F \| S \| A \| C \| R
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/64/212)	E \| F \| S \| A \| C \| R

Documentation

Provisional Agenda - CERD/SP/75

CVs of candidates: Official document - CERD/SP/76

CVs of candidates: Official document - Addendum - CERD/SP/76/Add.1

Rules of procedure for the elections of CERD experts - CERD/SP/2/Rev.1

List of candidates and their CVs as submitted by the States parties

Names	Nominated by	Submission date
Mr. Anwar KEMAL (Elected)	Pakistan	24/12/2012
Mr. Marc BOSSUYT - E F (Elected)	Belgium	16/01/2013
Mr. Gun KUT (Elected)	Turkey	16/01/2013
Mr. Melhem KHALAF (Elected)	Lebanon	4/02/2013
Ms. Anastasia CRICKLEY (Elected)	Ireland	13/02/2013
Mr. Masli QUILAMAN	Philippines	13/02/2013
Mr. Saidou WALIAKOYE	Niger	13/02/2013
Mr. Noureddine AMIR - A E F (Elected)	Algeria	14/02/2013
Mr. Oumarou BOCAR	Mali	19/02/2013
Mr. Rovshan ISMAYILOV	Azerbaijan	20/02/2013
Mr. José Augusto LINDGREN ALVES (Elected)	Brazil	21/02/2013
Mr. Lucien RAKOTONIAINA - E F [Withdrawn]	Madagascar	27/02/2013
Mr. Yeung Kam John YEUNG SIK YUEN (Elected)	Mauritius	01/03/2013
Mr. Sergio di GIOIA	Argentina	04/03/2013
Mr. Régis de GOUTTES - E F	France	04/03/2013
Ms. Afiwa-Kindena HOHOUETO (Elected)	Togo	04/03/2013
Ms. Jigmiddash BAYARTSETSEG	Mongolia	18/04/2013