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Election
of the Members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW) to Replace Those Whose Terms Are Due to Expire on 31
December 2012
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed
of 23 experts of high moral standing and competence in the field covered by the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women1
Nominations for membership on the Committee may be made by States parties to
the Convention, in accordance with article 17 of the Convention. The article
states that “the experts shall be elected by State parties for a term of four
years and shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to
equitable geographic distribution and to the representation of the different
forms of civilization as well as the principal legal systems”. The seventeenth meeting of States parties will take place in New York on 26
June 2012 with the aim of electing eleven members of the Committee, in
view of the expiration of their term of office on 31 December 2012. States
parties to the Convention are invited to nominate their candidates by 9
March 2012. The nominations and biographical data form (Annex III) should be submitted
to the CEDAW Secretariat, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
and in electronic (Word) version to BSmith@ohchr.org,
copy to idelpilarsandoval@ohchr.org.
1. For
the text of the Convention and the current status of participation including
reservations and declarations, please refer to the United Nations Treaties
Collection on the Internet at http://treaties.un.org. General Information Article 17 Biographical
data form (Annex III) Resolution of the GA regarding equitable geographical distribution in the
membership of the Human rights treaty bodies (A/RES/63/167) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/66/36) Documentation Provisional agenda CEDAW/SP/2012/1 A | C | E | F | R | S List of candidates CEDAW/SP/2012/2 A | C | E | F | R | S Draft rules of procedure of the meeting of the States parties CEDAW/SP/2/Rev.1 Report of the 17th meeting of State Party, New York, 26 June 2012 CEDAW/SP/2012/3 List of candidates and their CVs as submitted by the States parties
by 9 March 2012 Name Nationality Qatar Lithuania China