Information for NGOs Regarding Elections to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is composed of 18 independent experts with recognised competence in the field of human rights.

Members are elected for a term of four years by States parties in accordance with article 43 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected if nominated.

The next meeting of States parties will be held at the United Nations in New York in February 2007 to elect members to replace the nine current members whose terms expire on 28 February 2007. These are:

• Ms. Alison Anderson (Jamaica)
• Mr. Jacob Doek (the Netherlands)
• Mr. Kamel Filali (Algeria)
• Ms. Moushira Khattab (Egypt)
• Mr. Hatem Kotrane (Tunisia)
• Mr. Lothar Krappmann (Germany)
• Mr. Norberto Liwiski (Argentina)
• Ms. Awa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
• Ms. Rosa Maria Ortiz (Paraguay). 

A Fact sheet on the nomination and election procedures and the role that NGOs can play in these processes has been prepared by the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Fact sheet is also available in French, and Spanish.

Further information

• Current membership of the Committee ont he Rights of the Child
• Background information on the current members of the Committee (March 2005)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child