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Results of the election of the 12th meeting of States parties to CAT

The 12th meeting of States parties took place in Geneva on 13 October 2009 to elect members to replace the five current members whose terms expires on 31 December 2009.

The five candidates elected to the Committee against Torture, for a term of four years as of 1 January 2010 are:

Name of Member

Nationality

Term expires in

Ms. Essadia BELMIR

Morocco

2013

Mr. Alessio BRUNI

Italy

2013

Mr. Fernando MARIÑO MENENDEZ

Spain

2013

Ms. Nora SVEAASS

Norway

2013

Mr. Xuexian WANG

China

2013

Note that Ms. Belmir, Mr. Mariño Menendez, Ms. Sveaass and Mr. Wang were already members of the Committee against Torture.

12th meeting of State Party CAT/C/SR.15: E | F | R | S

 
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