32nd Meeting of States parties & 2012 elections
Date
06 September 2012
LOCATION
New York (NLB Conference Room 2)
General information
The Human Rights Committee is composed of 18 independent experts, who are persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights, consideration being given to the usefulness of the participation of some persons having legal experience (article 28, ICCPR).
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 31 of the Covenant. Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected if re-nominated.
States parties are informed that the regular scheduled elections to replace those 9 members of the Committee whose terms expire on 31 December 2012 will be held at a States parties meeting scheduled to take place in New York (NLB Conference Room 2) on 6 September 2012 at 10 am.
Quorum
Pursuant to article 30, paragraph 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the necessary quorum for the meeting is two-thirds of the 167 States Parties to the Covenant, that is to say 112 States Parties. To avoid the meeting being substantially delayed or postponed, representatives of States Parties should be present at the scheduled time of the meeting.
Credentials
In accordance with Rule 2 of the Revised Rules of Procedures of the Meeting of the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the credentials of representatives and the names of members of a delegation issued by the Head of State or Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs should be submitted to the Secretary-General prior to the Meeting. The credentials may be brought to the Meeting or sent in advance to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York (for the attention of Mr. James Turpin, DC1 - 0504).
32nd Meeting of States parties
States parties to the Covenant were invited to nominate their candidates by Monday, 25 June 2012. Nominations should be sent to the Secretariat at the following email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected].
Name | Nationality | Term expires |
Mr. Yadh BEN ACHOUR | Tunisia | 31.12.2014 |
Mr. Bouzid LAZHARI (Rapporteur) | Algeria | 31.12.2012 |
Ms. Christine CHANET | France | 31.12.2014 |
Mr. Ahmad Amin FATHALLA | Egypt | 31.12.2012 |
Mr. Cornelis FLINTERMAN | The Netherlands | 31.12.2014 |
Mr. Yuji IWASAWA (Vice-Chairperson) | Japan | 31.12.2014 |
Mr. Walter KALIN | Switzerland | 31.12.2014 |
Mr. Rajsoomer LALLAH (deceased on 3 June 2012) | Mauritius | 31.12.2012 |
Ms. Zonke Zanele MAJODINA (Chairperson) | South Africa | 31.12.2014 |
Ms. Iulia Antoanella MOTOC | Romania | 31.12.2014 |
Mr.Gerald L. NEUMAN | United States of America | 31.12.2014 |
Mr. Michael O'FLAHERTY (Vice-Chairperson) | Ireland | 31.12.2012 |
Mr. Rafael RIVAS POSADA | Colombia | 31.12.2012 |
Sir Nigel RODLEY | United Kingdom | 31.12.2012 |
Mr. Fabián Omar SALVIOLI (Vice-Chairperson) | Argentina | 31.12.2012 |
Mr. Marat SARSEMBAYEV | Kazakhstan | 31.12.2012 |
Mr. Krister THELIN | Sweden | 31.12.2012 |
Ms. Margo WATERVAL | Suriname | 31.12.2014 |
List of candidates as submitted by the States parties:
Name of Candidate | Nationality | Term expires |
Mr. Bouzid LAZHARI (Elected) | Algeria | 19 March 2012 |
Mr. Ahmed Amin FATHALLA (Elected) | Egypt | 4 April 2012 |
Mr. Konstantine VARDZELASHVILI (Elected) | Georgia | 18 April 2012 |
Mr. Fabián Omar SALVIOLI [English | French | Spanish] (Elected) | Argentina | 24 April 2012 |
Mr. Ndiame GAYE | Senegal | 25 April 2012 |
Mr. Richard LUKUNDA | Congolaise | 26 April 2012 |
Sir Nigel RODLEY (Elected) | United Kingdom | 29 May 2012 |
Ms. Anja SEIBERT-FOHR (Elected) | Germany | 5 June 2012 |
Mr.Yuval SHANY (Elected) | Israel | 13 June 2012 |
Mr. Marat SARSEMBAYEV | Kazakhstan | 14 June 2012 |
Mr. Kheshoe Parsad MATADEEN (Elected) | Mauritius | 18 June 2012 |
Mr. Augustin Marie-Gervais LOADA | Burkina Faso | 5 July 2012 |
Mr. Nhatitima SINAI JOSSEFA (Candidature Withdrawn on 5 September 2012) | Mozambique | 5 July 2012 |
Mr. Victor Manuel RODRIGUEZ-RESCIA [English | Spanish] (Elected) | Costa Rica | 23 July 2012 |
Mr. Salifou FOMBA | Mali | 28 August 2012 |
Mr. Ahmed ABDULLA FARHAN (Candidature Withdrawn on 4 September 2012) | Bahrain | 31 August 2012 |
Ms. Naceesay SALLA-WADDA (Candidature Withdrawn on 6 September 2012) | Gambia | 3 September 2012 |
The following documents were issued for the thirty-second meeting of States parties
Title | Symbol number / link |
Provisional Agenda | CCPR/SP/80 |
List of candidates | CCPR/SP/81 |
List of candidates - Addendum | CCPR/SP/81/Add.1 |
List of candidates - Addendum | CCPR/SP/81/Add.2 |
List of candidates - Addendum | CCPR/SP/81/Add.3 |
List of candidates - Addendum | CCPR/SP/81/Add.4 |
Rules of procedure of the meeting of the States parties | CCPR/SP/2/Rev.1 |