CEDAW Committee – Forthcoming Election of New Members to Replace Expired Terms

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed of 23 experts of high moral standing and competence in the field covered by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women1. Nominations for membership of the Committee can be made by States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 17 of the Convention. Article 17 (1) states that “the experts shall be elected by State parties from among their nationals and shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to equitable geographical distribution and to the representation of the different forms of civilization as well as the principal legal systems”.

Information on the requirements, responsibilities and entitlements relating to membership of the Committee, whose language of drafting is English, can be found here.

In accordance with article 17 (5), the members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years.

The twentieth meeting of States parties will take place in New York on 7 June 2018 with the aim of electing twelve members of the Committee to replace those members whose term of office will expire on 31 December 2018. States parties to the Convention were invited to nominate their candidates by 7 March 2018.

The nominations and biographical data form (Annex III) should have been submitted in electronic version (the latter in Word format) to the CEDAW Secretariat (cedaw@ohchr.org), with copy to Ms. Irene del Pilar Sandoval (idelpilarsandoval@ohchr.org).

For the text of the Convention and the current status of ratification, including reservations and declarations, please refer to the United Nations Treaties Collection on the Internet at https://treaties.un.org.

General Information

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CEDAW/Pages/Elections2018.aspx