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Human Rights Committee - Members

The Human Rights Committee 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 articles 28 to 39 of the Covenant. Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected if nominated.

The membership of the Committees as follows:

Name	Nationality	Term expires
Mr. Ben Achour YADH	Tunisia	31.12.2014
Mr. Lazhari BOUZID	Algeria	31.12.2012
Ms. Christine Chanet	France	31.12.2014
Mr. Ahmad Amin FATHALLA	Egypt	31.12.2012
Mr.Cornelis FLINTERMAN	The Netherlands	31.12.2014
Mr. Yuji IWASAWA (Vice-Chairperson)	Japan	31.12.2014
Mr. Walter KALIN	Switzerland	31.12.2014
Mr. Rajsoomer LALLAH (deceased on 3 June 2012)	Mauritius	31.12.2012
Ms. Zonke Zanele MAJODINA (Chairperson)	South Africa	31.12.2014
Ms. Iulia Antoanella MOTOC	Romania	31.12.2014
Mr.Gerald L. NEUMAN	United States of America	31.12.2014
Mr. Michael O'FLAHERTY (Vice-Chairperson)	Ireland	31.12.2012
Mr. Rafael RIVAS POSADA	Colombia	31.12.2012
Sir Nigel RODLEY	United Kingdom	31.12.2012
Mr. Fabián Omar SALVIOLI (Vice-Chairperson)	Argentina	31.12.2012
Mr. Marat SARSEMBAYEV	Kazakhstan	31.12.2012
Mr. Krister THELIN	Sweden	31.12.2012
Ms. Margo WATERVAL	Suriname	31.12.2014

Members' CVs can also be found in the documents CCPR/SP/71 and CCPR/SP/71/Add.3.

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