The Committee on the Rights of the Child is composed of 18 members of high moral standing and competence in the field covered by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Nominations for membership on the Committee may be made by States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 43 of the Convention. The article states that " The members of the Committee shall be elected by States Parties from among their nationals and shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to equitable geographical distribution, as well as to the principal legal systems."

The twelfth meeting of States parties to the Convention took place in New York on 16 December 2008 . States parties elected nine Members of the Committee to fill the vacancies that expired on 28 February 2009. Nominations are due by 22 August 2008.

General Information
Article 43	-	E \| F \| S
Biographical data form of candidates to human rights treaty bodies	-	E \| F \| S
Rules of procedure for the elections of CRC experts	CRC/SP/5	E \| F \| S \| R \| C \| A

Documentation
Provisional Agenda	CRC/SP/39	A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
CVs of candidates: Official document	CRC/SP/40	A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
CVs of candidates: Official document - Addendum	CRC/SP/40/Add.1	A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
CVs of candidates: Official document - Addendum	CRC/SP/40/Add.2	A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S

List of candidates and their CVs as submitted by the States parties
Name	Nationality	Submission date
Ms. Marta Maurás Pérez E-S Elected	Chile	10.07.2007
Mr. Awich Pollar Elected	Uganda	20.03.2008
Ms. Beatriz Linarez Cantillo	Colombia	04.07.2008
Mr. Sanphasit Koompraphant Elected	Thailand	05.07.2008
Mr. Jean Zermatten Elected	Switzerland	23.07.2008
Mr. Peter Guráñ Elected	Slovakia	25.07.2008
Ms Carmen Zammit	Malta	29.07.2008
Mr. Mohammad Farid Hamidi	Afghanistan	05.08.2008
Ms. Yanghee Lee Elected	Republic of Korea	08.08.2008
Ms. Hadeel Al-Asmar Elected	Syrian Arab Republic	11.08.2008
Mr. Farith Ricardo Simon Campaña	Ecuador	11.08.2008
Ms. Norah Amilcar Jean-François	Haiti	11.08.2008
Mr. Ghassan Salim Rabah (Withdrawn on 3 December 2008)	Lebanon	12.08.2008
Mr. Jean- Baptiste Zoungrana	Burkina Faso	12.08.2008
Ms. Nafisa Hamoud Al-Jaifi	Yemen	18.08.2008
Mr. Ruslan Maliuta	Ukraine	20.08.2008
Ms. Milena Grillo Rivera (Withdrawn on 1 September 2008)	Costa Rica	21.08.2008
Mr. Houngbédji Adjai	Benin	21.08.2008
Mr. Christos (Takis) Konis	Cyprus	22.08.2008
Ms. Kamla Devi Varmah Elected	Mauritius	22.08.2008
Ms. Susana Villarán de la Puente Elected	Peru	22.08.2008
Ms. Samira MOOSA	Oman	18.09.2008
Ms. Sharon E. Geerlings-Headley (Withdrawn on 9 December 2008)	Suriname	29.09.2008

The current membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Name	Nationality	Term expires
Ms. Agnes Akosua Aidoo (Vice-Chair)	Ghana	02.2011
Ms. Alya Ahmed Bin Saif Al-Thani	Qatar	02.2009
Ms. Joyce Aluoch	Kenya	02.2009
Mr. Luigi Citarella	Italy	02.2011
Mr. Kamel Filali (Vice-Chair)	Algeria	02.2011
Ms. Maria Herczog	Hungary	02.2011
Ms. Moushira Khattab	Egypt	02.2011
Mr. Hatem Kotrane	Tunisia	02.2011
Mr. Lothar Friedrich Krappmann (Rapporteur)	Germany	02.2011
Ms. Rosa María Ortiz (Vice-Chair)	Paraguay	02.2011
Mr. David Brent Parfitt	Canada	02.2009
Mr. Dainius Puras	Lithuania	02.2011
Mr. Kamal Siddiqui	Bangladesh	02.2009
Ms. Lucy Smith	Norway	02.2009
Ms. Nevena Vuckovic-Sahovic	Serbia	02.2009