COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
The Committee on Social Economic and Cultural Rights is composed of 18 independent experts. Nominations for membership on the Committee may be made by States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in accordance with Resolution 1985/17 of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of 28 May 1985. Members are elected for a term of four years by ECOSOC Member States. Committee Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected if nominated.
Additional information will be available from ECOSOC in due course, and a link to the site will be provided.
The term of service of half of the current Members of the Committee will expire on 31 December 2014. An election for those seats will take place to 23-25 April 2014 in New York. Nominations are due by 21 January 2014.
The current Members of the Committee on Social Economic and Cultural Rights and their terms of office are (as of 1 January 2013):
* Members who were re-elected and whose terms will continue from 1 January 2013 through to 31 December 2016.
In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution 1985/17 (paragraph (b), in regard to the composition of the Committee, due consideration must be given to equitable geographical distribution and to the representation of different forms of social and legal systems. Accordingly, seats on the Committee are allocated on the basis of regional groupings as follows.
|
Regional group |
States parties as 21 October 2013 |
Total number of seats on the Committee |
Number of seats open to election (seats whose term is due to expire on 31 December 2014) |
|
African States |
48 |
4 |
2 |
|
Asian States |
35 |
4 |
2 |
|
Western Europe and Other States |
27 |
4 |
2 |
|
Latin American and the Caribbean States |
28 |
3 |
2 |
|
Eastern Europe States |
23 |
3 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
161 |
18 |
9 |
CVs IN WORD 2003-2007 (Maximun 1 and a half pages) should be sent in accordance to the attached format by State parties (E-F-S) in electronic version to cescr@ohchr.org and in printed copy to UNOG-OHCHR, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax number :+41.22.917.9008.
Provisional list of candidates nominated by States Parties
|
Region |
Names of candidates + CV |
Nominated by |
|
African States |
Mr. Azzouz KERDOUN
A | E | F
Mr. Clement Atangana**
F
|
Algeria
Cameroon
|
| |
|
Asian States |
Mr. Chandrashekhar DASGUPTA
E
Mr. Askar SHAKIROV (Withdrawn)
E
Ms. Heisoo SHIN
E |
India
Kazakhstan
Republic of Korea
|
| |
|
Western Europe and Other States |
Ms Maria Virginia BRAS GOMES
E
Mr. Olivier DE SCHUTTER
E | F |
Portugal
Belgium
|
| |
|
Latin American and the Caribbean States |
Mr. Jaime MARCHAN ROMERO (Withdrawn)
S
Mr. Renato Zerbini RIBEIRO LEÃO
E
Mr. Rodrigo UPRIMNY YEPES
S
Mr. Carlos Rafael URQUILLA BONILLA
E
|
Ecuador
Brazil
Colombia
El Salvador
|
| |
|
Eastern Europe States |
Mr. Aslan Khuseinovich ABASHIDZE
E | R
Ms. Laura-Maria CRACIUNEAN (Withdrawn)
E |
Russian Federation
Romania
|
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**The candidature of Mr. Clement Atangana (Cameroon) was submitted outside of the three months nomination period
