Upcoming elections

Treaty Bodies

Elections for each committee take place every two years. Occasionally, exceptional elections may take place separately from this regular cycle.

Visit the committee pages below to see the latest information about their elections, including dates, nominations, biographies and the final results.

Treaty Body	Number of seats for election	Date elections	Deadline for nomination/ Nomination period
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)	5	12 June 2023	1 March 2023
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)	7	27 June 2023	31 March 2023
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)	9	22 June 2023	28 February 2023
Committee against Torture (CAT)	5	19 October 2023	16 June 2023
Committee on the Economic Social & Cultural Rights (CESCR)	9	9 April 2024	23 November 2023
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)	9	23 May 2024	1 March to 30 April 2024 [nominations sent before 1 March will not be accepted]
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)	9	29 May 2024
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)	9	11 June 2024
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)	11	2024
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)	13	24 October 2024

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