COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Election of the Members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2018
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 2018. An election for those seats will take place
in April 2018 in New York, (ECOSOC).
Note by the Secretary General
Note by the Secretary General - Biographical information on the candidates nominated by States parties to the Covenant States Parties to the Covenant are invited to nominate their candidates by
22 December 2017 latest.
African States |
Asian States |
Western Europe and Other States |
Latin American and the Caribbean States |
Eastern Europe States | |
Note verbale
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F |
S | Note verbale
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F | Note verbale
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F |
S | Note verbale
E |
F |
S | Note verbale
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Annexes |
Annex I
E |
F |
S | Annex II
E |
F |
S | Annex III
E |
F |
S | Annex IV
E |
F |
S | Annex V
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The current Members of the Committee on Social Economic and Cultural Rights and their terms of office are (as of 20 February 2017):
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 September 2017 |
Total number of seats on the Committee |
Number of seats open to election |
African States | 50 | 4 | 2 |
Asian States | 36 | 4 | 2 |
Western Europe and Other States | 27 | 3 | 1 |
Latin American and the Caribbean States | 29 | 4 | 3 |
Eastern Europe States | 23 | 3 | 1 |
TOTAL | 165 | 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.
Provisional list of candidates nominated by States Parties
* Received after the administrative deadline.
** Received on 17 July 2018.
*** On 24 July 2018, the Economic and Social Council postponed the election of one member from the Asia-Pacific States for a four-year term beginning on 1 January 2019
