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Events

36th Meeting of States parties & 2018 elections

Date

14 June 2018

LOCATION

New York (CB-4 (145))

The regular scheduled election to replace those 9 members of the Human Rights Committee whose terms expired on 31 December 2018 was held at a States parties meeting in New York on 14 June 2018.

Results

The following candidates were elected:

Name State
Mr. Yadh BEN ACHOUR Tunisia
Mr. Christopher BULKAN Guyana
Ms. Photini PAZARTZIS Greece
Ms. Hélène TIGROUDJA
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France
Mr. Hernán QUEZADA CABRERA Chile
Mr. Gentian ZYBERI Albania
Ms. Vasilka Sancin Slovenia
Mr. Shuichi Furuya Japan
Mr. Duncan Muhumuza Laki
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Uganda

Related documents

  • Note verbale from the Secretary General to the State Parties to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (PDF) English Français Español
  • Second Note verbale from the Secretary General to the State Parties to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights inviting credentials of its representative (PDF) English Français Español
  • GA resolution A/RES/68/268: Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system
  • Provisional Agenda CCPR/SP/88
  • List of candidates CCPR/SP/89
  • List of candidates, Addendum CCPR/SP/89/Add.1
  • Revised Rules of Procedures of the Meeting of the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - CCPR/SP/2/Rev.1
List of candidates as submitted by States parties within the deadline of 9 April 2018:
Name State
Mr. Xavier ZAVALA EGAS Ecuador
Mr. Yadh BEN ACHOUR Tunisia
Mr. Alexei AVTONOMOV Russian Federation
Mr. Christopher BULKAN Guyana
Ms. Photini PAZARTZIS Greece
Mr. Hernán QUEZADA CABRERA Chile
Mr. Gentian ZYBERI Albania
Ms. Vasilka Sancin Slovenia
Mr. Shuichi Furuya Japan
Mr. Renzo M. Pomi
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Uruguay
Mr. Duncan Muhumuza Laki
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Uganda
Ms. Alvina GYULUMYAN Armenia
Mr. Koku Dzifa KOKOROKO
(withdrawn on 7 June 2018)
Togo
Mr. Imeru Tamrat Yigezu Ethiopia
Mr. Milan Radović
(withdrawn on 13 June 2018)
Montenegro
Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper United States of America
Mr. Nicolaas Schrijver The Netherlands
List of candidates as submitted by States parties after the deadline of 9 April 2018:
Name State
Mr. Johannes Nicolaas HORN Namibia