8th Meeting of States parties & 2025 elections
Date
16 June 2025
LOCATION
New York
Committee on Enforced Disappearances
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances is composed of 10 independent experts - persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights.
In accordance with article 26 of the Convention, the term of five of the members elected will expire on 30 June 2025. Thus, five seats in the Committee must now be filled through an election.
The seventh Meeting of States parties and the election of five members of the Committee will take place in UNHQ New York, on 16 June 2025.
Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected once if nominated.
Nominations were due by 1 March 2025. The nominations and biographical data, in accordance with the biographical data form (see below documentation no. 3), should be submitted to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 10 electronically in Word format to [email protected] and [email protected].
NOTE: Nominations will ONLY be processed when submitted in WORD FORMAT and WITHIN THE PAGE LIMIT (1 and a half pages-Roman text 12)
In its current composition, 4 experts of the Committee are women, and 6 are men; with their geographical distribution as follows: 3 experts from Latin America and the Caribbean, 3 from Africa, 2 from Eastern Europe, and 2 from Western Europe and other States.
Of the 5 experts whose mandates expire on 30 June 2025, 2 expert are women and 3 are men; 2 are from Latin America and Caribbean, 1 from Africa, and 2 from Eastern Europe. Information on gender and geographical composition of the membership of the Committee is available under documentation item no. 2.
The five members of the Committee whose mandate will expire on 30 June 2025
Nomination of candidates by States parties
States parties to the Covenant are invited to nominate their candidates by 1 March 2025.
Nominations should be sent to the Secretariat at the following email address: [email protected].
Further information
- Note Verbale on elections: English | Français | Español
- Information on gender and geographical composition of the membership of the Committee: English | Français | Español
- Rules of Procedure CED/SP/1/3
- Handbook for Treaty Body Members
- Regulations Governing the Status, Basic Rights and Duties of Officials other than Secretariat Officials, and Experts on Mission: English
- Provisional Agenda CED/SP/8/1 (Advance unedited version in English)
- Curricula Vitae of Candidates CED/SP/8/2 (Advance unedited version in English)
- Note Verbale on elections (credentials): English
List of candidates as submitted by States parties
Name | Nationality | Submission date |
Marija Definis English Note Verbale | Croatia | 22 January 2025 |
Paulo de Tarso Vannuchi English Note Verbale | Brazil | 28 February 2025 |
BAMBARA Yakouma Jean de Dieu French Note verbale | Burkina Faso | 28 February 2025 |
Elías Ricardo Solís González Spanish Note Verbale | Panama | 12 March 2025 |
Juan Pablo Alban Alencastro English | Spanish Note Verbale | Ecuador | 14 March 2025 |