MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF
THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
Name Nationality Term
expires Position
1. Mr. Peter Thomas BURNS Canada 31
Dec 2003 Chairperson
2. Mr. Guibril CAMARA Senegal 31 Dec 2003 Vice-Chairperson
3. Mr. Sayed EL-MASRY Egypt 31 Dec 2005 Rapporteur
4. Ms. Felice GAER United
States of America 31 Dec
2003
5. Mr. Alejandro GONZALES
POBLETE Chile 31 Dec 2003 Vice-Chairperson
6. Mr. Fernando MARIÑO MENENDEZ Spain 31
Dec 2005
7. Mr. Andreas MAVROMMATIS Cyprus 31 Dec 2003
8. Mr. Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN Denmark 31
Dec 2005
9. Mr. Alexander M. YAKOVLEV Russian Federation 31
Dec 2005
10. Mr. Mengjia YU China 31 Dec 2005 Vice-Chairperson
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Name Nationality Term
expires Position
1. Mr. Abdelfattah AMOR Tunisia 31 Dec 2002 Vice-Chairperson
2. Mr. Nisuke ANDO Japan 31 Dec 2002
3. Mr. Prafullachandra Natwarlal BHAGWATI India 31 Dec 2002 Chairperson
4. Ms. Christine CHANET France 31 Dec 2002
5. Mr. Maurice GLELE AHANHANZO Benin 31
Dec 2004
6. Mr. Louis HENKIN United
States of America 31 Dec
2002
7. Mr. Eckart KLEIN Germany 31 Dec 2002 Rapporteur
8. Mr. David KRETZMER Israel 31 Dec 2002 Vice-Chairperson
9. Mr. Rajsoomer LALLAH Mauritius 31 Dec 2004
10. Ms. Cecilia MEDINA
QUIROGA Chile 31 Dec 2002
11. Mr. Rafael RIVAS POSADA Colombia 31 Dec 2004
12. Mr. Nigel RODLEY United Kingdom of Great 31 Dec 2004
Britain
and Northern Ireland
13. Mr. Martin SCHEININ Finland 31 Dec 2004
14. Mr. Ivan SHEARER Australia 31 Dec 2004
15. Mr. Hipólito SOLARI YRIGOYEN Argentina 31
Dec 2002 Vice-Chairperson
16. Mr. Ahmed TWAFIK KHALIL Egypt 31
Dec 2004
17. Mr. Patrick VELLA Malta 31 Dec 2004
18. Mr. Maxwell YALDEN Canada 31
Dec 2004
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF
THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST
WOMEN
Name Nationality Term
expires Position
1. Ms. Charlotte ABAKA Ghana 31 Dec 2002 Chairperson
2. Ms Ayse Feride ACAR Turkey 31 Dec 2004 Vice-Chairperson
3. Ms. Sjamsiah ACHMAD Indonesia 31 Dec 2004
4. Ms. Emma AOUIJ Tunisia 31 Dec 2002
5. Ms. Ivanka CORTI Italy 31 Dec 2002
6. Ms. Feng CUI China 31 Dec 2002
7. Ms. Yolanda FERRER GOMEZ Cuba 31 Dec 2004
8. Ms.
Naela GABR Egypt 31 Dec 2002
9. Ms. Francoise GASPARD France 31 Dec 2004
10.
Ms. Aida GONZÁLEZ MARTÍNEZ Mexico 31 Dec 2004
11. Ms. Savitri GOONESEKERE Sri Lanka 31 Dec 2002
12. Ms. Rosalyn HAZELLE Saint
Kitts and Nevis 31 Dec 2002 Rapporteur
13. Ms. Fatima KWAKU Nigeria 31 Dec 2004
14. Ms. Rosario G. MANALO Philippines 31 Dec 2002 Vice-Chairperson
15. Mr. Goran MELANDER Sweden 31 Dec 2004
16. Ms. Asha Rose MTENGETI-MIGIRO United Republic of 31 Dec 2004
Tanzania
17. Ms. Mavivi MYAKAYAKA-MANZINI South Africa 31
Dec 2002
18. Ms. Frances Livinstone RADAY Israel 31
Dec 2002
19. Ms. Zelmira REGAZZOLI Argentina 31
Dec 2002 Vice-Chairperson
20. Ms. Hanna Beate SCHOPP-SCHILLING Germany 31 Dec 2004
21. Ms. Heisoo SHIN Republic
of Korea 31 Dec 2004
22. Ms. Maria Regina TAVARES
DA SILVA Portugal 31 Dec 2004
23. Ms. Chikako TAYA Japan 31 Dec 2002
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF
THE
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Name Nationality Term
expires Position
1. Mr. Mahmoud ABOUL-NASR Egypt 19
Jan 2006
2. Mr. Nourredine AMIR Algeria 19 Jan 2006 Vice-Chairperson
3. Mr. Marc BOSSUYT Belgium 19 Jan 2004
4. Mr. Régis DE GOUTTES France 19 Jan 2006
5. Mr. Ion DIACONU Romania 19 Jan 2004 Chairperson
6. Mr. Francois Lonseny FALL Guinea 19
Jan 2004 Vice-Chairperson
7. Mr. Kurt HERNDL Austria 19 Jan 2006
8. Ms. Patricia Nozipho JANUARY-BARDILL South Africa 19 Jan 2004
9. Mr. Morten KJAERUM Denmark 19 Jan 2006
10. Mr. Jose A. LINDGREN ALVES Brazil 19
Jan 2006
11. Mr. Raghavan Vasudevan PILLAI India 19 Jan 2004 Vice-Chairperson
12. Mr. Yuri A. RECHETOV Russian Federation 19 Jan 2004
13. Mr. Agha SHAHI Pakistan 19 Jan 2006
14. Mr. Alexandre SICILIANOS Greece 19
Jan 2006
15. Mr. Chengyuan TANG China 19 Jan 2004
16. Mr. Patrick THORNBERRY United Kingdom of Great 19 Jan 2006
Rapporteur
Britain
and Northern Ireland
17. Mr. Luis VALENCIA
RODRIGUEZ Ecuador 19 Jan 2004
18. Mr. Mario Jorge YUTZIS Argentina 19 Jan 2004 Vice-Chairperson
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF
THE
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Name Nationality Term
expires Position
1. Mr. Mahmoud Samir Ahmed AHMED Egypt 31
Dec 2002
2. Mr. Clement ATANGANA Cameroon 31 Dec 2002 Vice-Chairperson
3. Ms. Rocío BARAHONA RIERA Costa Rica 31 Dec 2004
4. Ms. Virginia BONOAN-DANDAN Philippines 31 Dec 2002
Chairperson
5. Mr. Dumitru CEAUSU Romania 31 Dec 2004 Vice-Chairperson
6. Mr. Abdessatar GRISSA Tunisia 31 Dec 2004
7. Mr. Paul HUNT New
Zealand 31 Dec 2002 Rapporteur
8. Mr. Valeri KOUZNETSOV Russian Federation 31 Dec 2002
9. Mr. Giorgio MALINVERNI Switzerland 31
Dec 2004
10. Mr. Jaime MARCHAN ROMERO Ecuador 31 Dec 2002
11. Mr. Sergei MARTYNOV Belarus 31 Dec 2004
12. Mr. Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY Mauritius 31 Dec 2004
13. Mr. Kenneth Osborne RATTRAY Jamaica 31
Dec 2004
14. Mr. Eibe RIEDEL Germany 31 Dec 2002 Vice-Chairperson
15. Mr. Walid SA'DI Jordan 31 Dec 2004
16. Mr. Philippe TEXIER France 31 Dec 2004
17. Mr. Nutan THAPALIA Nepal 31 Dec 2002
18. Mr. Javier WIMER
ZAMBRANO Mexico 31 Dec 2002
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF
THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Name Nationality Term
expires Position
1. Mr. Abdul Aziz AL-SHEDDI Saudi Arabia 28
Feb 2005
2. Ms. Ghalia Mohd Bin Hamad AL-THANI Qatar 28
Feb 2005
3. Ms. Saisuree CHUTIKUL Thailand 28
Feb 2005
4. Mr. Luigi CITARELLA Italy 28 Feb 2005
5. Mr. Jacob Egbert DOEK Netherlands 28 Feb 2003 Chairperson
6. Ms. Amina Hamza EL GUIDI Egypt 28
Feb 2003 Vice-Chairperson
7. Ms. Judith KARP Israel 28 Feb 2003 Rapporteur
8. Ms. Awa N'Deye OUEDRAOGO Burkina Faso 28
Feb 2003 Vice-Chairperson
9. Ms. Marilia SARDENBERG Brazil 28
Feb 2005 Vice-Chairperson
10. Ms. Elisabeth TIGERSTEDT-TÄHTELÄ Finland 28
Feb 2003