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Events

27th Meeting of States parties & 2017 elections

Date

22 June 2017

LOCATION

New York

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

The twenty-seventh meeting of States parties took place in New York on 22 June 2017 with the aim of electing nine members, representing half of the membership of the Committee, in view of the expiration of the term of office of nine members on 19 January 2018.

Documentation
  • Article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination English | Français | Español
  • Note verbale from the Secretary-General to the State parties of International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination English | Français | Español
  • Second Note verbale from the Secretary-General to the State parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination requesting credentials of their representatives English | Français | Español
  • List of members of the Committee whose term expires on 19 January 2018 (Annex I) English | Français | Español
  • Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system (A/RES/68/268)
  • Provisional Agenda CERD/SP/79
  • List of candidates CERD/SP/80
  • List of candidates (Addendum) CERD/SP/80/Add.1
  • Rules of procedure for the election of CERD experts CERD/SP/2/Rev.1
Results
Name State
Ms. Rita IZSÁK-NDIAYE (elected) Hungary
Mr. Gün KUT (re-elected) Turkey
Mr. Marc BOSSUYT (re-elected)
English | Français
Belgium
Ms. Keiko KO (elected) ​Japan
Mr. Abdi Ismaël HERSI ​Djibouti
Ms. Chinsung CHUNG (elected) ​Republic of Korea
​Mr. Noureddine AMIR
English | Français (re-elected)
​Algeria
Mr. Silvio José ALBUQUERQUE E SILVA (elected) ​Brazil
Mr. Mohammed AL-OBAIDI ​Iraq
Mr. Yeung Kam John YEUNG SIK YUEN (re-elected)
English | Français
​Mauritius
Mr. Bakari SIDIKI DIABY (elected) ​Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Kokou Mawuena Ika Kana EWOMSAN
(withdrawn)
​Togo
Mr. Ricardo ULCUANGO FARINANGO ​Ecuador
Mr. Johannes Nicolaas HORN ​Namibia
Mr. Léonard NSONDE ​Republic of Congo
Mr. Driss BELMAHI ​Morocco