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Summary: The monitoring body for the
Convention on the Rights of the Child
consists of ten experts with a variety
of backgrounds. Here is an
introduction to committee members.
An Introduction to the Members of the Committee on the Rights
of the Child
Mr. Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Al-Sheddi, Saudi Arabia, 2001-
2005
* Deputy Minister of Education for Cultural and External Relations
* Secretary-General of Saudi National Commission for Child
Welfare
* Secretary-General of Saudi National Commission for UNESCO
* Chairman of the committee, which prepared the report of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on measures adopted for the
implementation of the CRC
Ms. Ghalia Mohd Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Qatar, 2001-2005
* Chairperson of Paediatrics Department
* Chairperson of the Organising Committee, 1st and 2nd Qatari
International Paediatric Conferences
* Fellow of the Royal College for Paediatrics and Child Health
* Chairperson of the Committee for Special Needs, working to
improve awareness of causes for physical and mental handicaps,
improving rights of individuals with special needs
* Member of the Advisory Committee Supreme Council for Family
Affairs
Ms. Saisuree Chutikul, Thailand, 2001-2005
* Member of the National Commission on Women's Affairs;
National Youth Commission; National Education Commission
Chairperson, Committee on the Eradication of Trafficking of
Children and Women; Task Force on Revision of Laws related to
the Rights of the Child; Committee on National Review of the Plan
of Action of the World Summit for Children
* Adviser, National Committee on the Rights of the Child
* Cabinet Minister (1991-1992), Senator (1996-2000), member of
the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW,
1989-2000)
Mr. Luigi Citarella, Italy, 2001-2005
* Secretary-General of the Interministerial Committee for Human
Rights (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
* Member of the Italian delegation to the General Assembly of
the United Nations, Member of the Italian delegation to the
Commission for Human Rights of the United Nations
* Professor of Human Rights, University of Rome (La Sapienza);
Centre for Studies and Research in Human Rights, Free
International University for Social Studies (LUISS)
* Italian delegate to the inter-sessional working group of the
Commission on Human Rights on the draft optional protocol to
the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of
children in armed conflict
Mr. Jacob Egbert Doek, The Netherlands, 1999-2003
* Professor of Family and Juvenile Law, Vrije Universiteit
* Director, Office of International Relations, Vrije Universiteit
* Deputy Juvenile Court Judge, District Court, The Hague
* Founding Member, Defence for Children International
Ms. Amina Hamza El Guindi, Egypt, 1999-2003
* Minister of Social Affairs and Insurance
* Former Secretary General, National Council for Childhood and
Motherhood
* Former Rapporteur, National Commission for Women
Ms. Judith Karp, Israel, 1995-2003
* Deputy Attorney General of Israel concentrating on legislation
and policy coordination in the areas of juvenile delinquency and
children's rights and welfare
* Former Director, Department of Public Legislation, Israeli
Ministry of Justice
Ms. Awa N'Deye Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso, 1997-2003
* Professor for "la Direction Générale de la Coopération
Internationale," Division of the United Nations
* Professor of Linguistics
* Former Cultural Adviser, Embassy of Burkina Faso to the United
States
Ms. Marilia Sardenberg, Brazil, 1997-2005
* Diplomat
* Head of the Department for Scientific, Technical and
Technological Cooperation
* Former Executive Coordinator, Office of the Secretary-General
of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia, Brazil
* Delegate to the Working Group of the Commission on Human
Rights on the question of a convention on the rights of the child
(1988-1989)
* Delegate to the special session of the General
Assembly "Women 2000: gender equality, development and
peace for the twenty-first century," New York, 2000
Ms. Elisabeth Tigerstedt-Tähtelä, Finland, 1999-2003
* Retired Diplomat
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1978-1998
* Former Ambassador to Hanoi (and Vietnam), Cairo (and
Khartoum), and Zagreb
* Former Inspector of Embassies
* Former Head, Department for Human Rights and Consular Affairs