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Committee on the Rights of the Child - Members

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is composed of 18 independent experts who are persons of high moral character and recognized 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.

Also available: Information on former CRC members from 1991 to 2009.

The membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child as of 1st March 2013 is:

Name	Nationality	Term expires
Ms. Agnes Akosua AIDOO	Ghana	28 February 2015
Ms. Amal ALDOSERI	Bahrain	28 February 2017
Ms. Aseil AL-SHEHAIL	Saudi Arabia	28 February 2015
Mr. Jorge CARDONA LLORENS	Spain	28 February 2015
Ms Sara DE JESÚS OVIEDO FIERRO	Ecuador	28 February 2017
Mr. Bernard GASTAUD	Monaco	28 February 2015
Mr. Peter GURÁN	Slovakia	28 February 2013
Ms. Maria HERCZOG	Hungary	28 February 2015
Ms. Olga a. KHAZOVA	Russian Federation	28 February 2015
Mr. Hatem KOTRANE	Tunisia	28 February 2015
Mr. Gehad MADI	Egypt	28 February 2015
Mr. Benyam Dawit MEZMUR	Ethiopia	28 February 2017
Ms. Yasmeen MUHAMAD SHARIFF	Malaysia	28 February 2017
Mr. Wanderlino NOGUEIRA NETO	Brazil	28 February 2017
Ms. Maria Rita PARSI	Italy	28 February 2017
Ms. Kirsten SANDBERG	Norway	28 February 2015
Ms. Hiranthi WIJEMANNE	Sri Lanka	28 February 2015
Ms. Renate WINTER	Austria	28 February 2017

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