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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.

The current membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child as of 1st March 2007 is:

Name	Nationality	Term expires
Ms. Agnes Akosua AIDOO (Vice-Chair)	Ghana	02.2011
Ms. Alya Ahmed Bin Saif AL-THANI	Qatar	02.2009
Ms. Joyce ALUOCH	Kenya	02.2009
Mr. Luigi CITARELLA	Italy	02.2011
Mr. Kamel FILALI (Vice-Chair)	Algeria	02.2011
Ms. Maria HERCZOG	Hungary	02.2011
Ms. Moushira KHATTAB	Egypt	02.2011
Mr. Hatem KOTRANE	Tunisia	02.2011
Mr. Lothar Friedrich KRAPPMANN (Rapporteur)	Germany	02.2011
Ms. Yanghee LEE (Chairperson)	Republic of Korea	02.2009
Ms. Rosa María ORTIZ (Vice-Chair)	Paraguay	02.2011
Mr. David Brent PARFITT	Canada	02.2009
Mr. Awich POLLAR	Uganda	02.2009
Mr. Dainius PURAS	Lithuania	02.2011
Mr. Kamal SIDDIQUI	Bangladesh	02.2009
Ms. Lucy SMITH	Norway	02.2009
Ms. Nevena VUCKOVIC-SAHOVIC	Serbia	02.2009
Mr. Jean ZERMATTEN (Vice-Chair)	Switzerland	02.2009

CVs of all committee members are also available in CRC/SP/33, CRC/SP/29, CRC/SP/36, CRC/SP/36/Add.3, CRC/SP/38 and CRC/SP/38/Add.1

Also available: Information on former CRC members from 1991 to 2005.

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