Events

5th Meeting of States parties & 2014 elections

Date

23 October 2014

LOCATION

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA, PALAIS DES NATIONS

Subcommitee on prevention of torture

The fifth meeting of the States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) was convened by the Secretary-General at the United Nations Office at Geneva on Thursday 23 October 2014. The purpose of the meeting was to elect thirteen members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, to replace those whose terms of office expired on 31 December 2014.

Results

The thirteen members elected to the Subcommittee on Prevention as of 1 January 2015 and for a term of four years (as provided for under article 9 of the Optional Protocol) are:

Name State
Ms. Mari AMOS * Estonia
Mr. Arman DANIELYAN * Armenia
Ms. Marija DEFINIS-GOJANOVIC Croatia
Mr. Roberto Michel FEHÉR PÉREZ Uruguay
Mr. Emilio GINÉS SANTIDRIÁN * Spain
Ms. Lorena GONZÁLEZ PINTO Guatemala
Mr. Gnambi Garba KODJO Togo
Ms. Aisha Shujune MUHAMMAD * Maldives
Ms. Radhia NASRAOUI Tunisia
Ms. Catherine PAULET * France
Ms. Aneta STANCHEVSKA * The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Ms. Nora SVEAASS Norway
Mr. Felipe Andrés VILLAVICENCIO TERREROS * Peru

*Current member

Documentation
Title Symbol
Provisional agenda* CAT/OP/SP/11
Note by the Secretary-General containing the List of candidates and biographical data CAT/OP/SP/12
Note by the Secretary-General containing the List of candidates and biographical data - Addendum CAT/OP/SP/12/Add.1
Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Meetings of the States Parties to the OPCAT CAT/OP/SP/3
Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system - General Assembly resolution A/68/L.37
List of candidates
Name State
Ms. Mari AMOS Estonia
Mr. Arman DANIELYAN Armenia
Ms. Marija DEFINIS-GOJANOVIC Croatia
Mr. Roberto Michel FEHÉR PÉREZ Uruguay
Mr. Emilio GINÉS SANTIDRIÁN Spain
Ms. Lorena GONZÁLEZ PINTO Guatemala
Mr. Gnambi Garba KODJO Togo
Mr. Petros MICHAELIDES Cyprus
Ms. Aisha Shujune MUHAMMAD Maldives
Ms. Radhia NASRAOUI Tunisia
Ms. Catherine PAULET France
Ms. Aneta STANCHEVSKA The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Ms. Nora SVEAASS Norway
Mr. Fortuné Gaétan ZONGO Burkina Faso
Mr. Felipe Andrés VILLAVICENCIO TERREROS Peru