The Committee is composed of 18 independent experts from different professional backgrounds representing the various regions of the world (5 from African States; 5 from Asian States; 2 from Eastern European States; 3 from Latin American and Caribbean States, and 3 from Western European and other States). Experts are nominated by Governments and elected by the Council. Elections normally take place at the September session of the Council.
At its forty-second session, the Human Rights Council elected Advisory Committee members for the seven vacant seats. Of the seven vacancies, there were two from African States, one from Latin American and the Caribbean States, one from Western European and other States, two from the Asian and the Pacific States, and one from East European States.
Members serve for a period of three years and may be re-elected once. Their term of membership starts on 1 October of the year of their election.
The present composition of the Advisory Committee - with an indication of the expiration of the term of membership in brackets - is as follows: Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alsheddi* (Saudi Arabia, 2021); Mohamed Bennani* (Morocco, 2020); Lazhari Bouzid* (Algeria, 2022); Alessio Bruni (Italy, 2021); Milena Costas Trascasas (Spain, 2022); Ion Diaconu* (Romania, 2020); Ludovic Hennebel (Belgium, 2020); Yuriy Alexandrovich Kolesnikov (Russian Federation, 2022); José Augusto Lindgren Alves (Brazil, 2021); Xinsheng Liu* (China, 2022); Ajai Malhotra (India, 2020); Itsuko Nakai (Japan, 2022); Mona Omar* (Egypt, 2022); Javier Palummo (Uruguay, 2022); Elizabeth Salmón (Peru, 2020); Dheerujlall Baramlall Seetulsingh (Mauritius, 2020); Changrok Soh* (Republic of Korea, 2020); and Cheikh Tidiane Thiam (Senegal, 2021).
*Member serving second term
