Human Rights Committee Election

Today, the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights elected nine individuals to serve on the Human Rights Committee for four-year terms beginning January 1, 2009. They were: Michael O'Flaherty (Ireland); Rajsoomer Lallah (Mauritius); Mohammed Ayat (Morocco); Krister Thelin (Sweden); Fabian Omar Salvioli (Argentina); Ahmad Amin Fathalla (Egypt); Nigel Rodley (United Kingdom); Rafael Rivas Posada (Colombia); and Lazhari Bouzid (Algeria). The nine other members of the Committee, whose terms expire on December 31, 2008, are: Abdelfattah Amor (Tunisia); Prafullachandra Bhagwati (India); Christine Chanet (France); Yuji Iwasawa (Japan); Helen Keller (Switzerland); Zonke Zanele Majodina (South Africa); Iulia Antonoanella Motoc (Romania); Jóse Luis Pérez Sanchez-Cerro (Peru); and Ruth Wedgwood (United States).