Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: 2022 elections
Date
13 April 2022
AT
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
LOCATION
New York
The terms of service of half of the current members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights were set to expire on 27 December 2022. A postponed election for those seats took place on13 April 2022 2020 in New York, (ECOSOC).
Results
The individuals elected to fill the positions on the Committee for the period 2023 – 2026 were:
Name | State |
---|---|
Mr. Aslan ABASHIDZE* | Russian Federation |
Mr. Asraf Ally CAUNHYE* | Mauritius |
Mr. Peters Sunday Omologbe EMUZE* | Nigeria |
Mr. Santiago Manuel FIORIO VAESKEN | Paraguay |
Mr. Ludovic HENNEBEL* | Belgium |
Ms. Joo-Young LEE | Republic of Korea |
Ms. Karla Vanessa LEMUS DE VÁSQUEZ* | El Salvador |
Ms. Julieta ROSSI | Argentina |
Ms. Preeti SARAN* | India |
* current member – re-elected
Further information
Note verbale
African States: English | Français | Español
Asian States: English | Français | Español
Eastern Europe States: English | Français | Español
Latin American and the Caribbean States: English | Français | Español
Western Europe and Other States: English | Français | Español
Annexes
Annex I: English | Français | Español
Annex II: English | Français | Español
Annex III: English | Français | Español
Annex IV: English | Français | Español
Annex V: English | Français | Español
The current Members of the Committee on Social Economic and Cultural Rights and their terms of office are (as of 1 January 2021):
In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution 1985/17 (paragraph (b), in regard to the composition of the Committee, due consideration must be given to equitable geographical distribution and to the representation of different forms of social and legal systems.
Accordingly, seats on the Committee are allocated on the basis of regional groupings as follows.
Regional group | States parties as 10 September 2021 | Total number of seats on the Committee | Number of seats open to election |
---|---|---|---|
African States | 50 | 4 | 2 |
Asian States | 41 | 4 | 2 |
Western Europe and Other States | 27 | 3 | 1 |
Latin American and the Caribbean States | 30 | 4 | 3 |
Eastern Europe States | 23 | 3 | 1 |
TOTAL | 171 | 18 | 9 |
CVs IN WORD (Maximum 1 and a half pages) should be sent in accordance to the attached format by State parties (English | Français | Español) in electronic version to ohchr-cescr@un.org.
Provisional list of candidates nominated by States Parties
Region | Names of candidates + CV | Nominated by |
---|---|---|
African States | Ms. Djam Doudou Daouda | Cameroon |
Mr. Hassane Diane [withdrawn] [English | Français] |
Côte d’Ivoire | |
Mr. Peters Sunday Omologbe Emuze | Nigeria | |
Mr. Thokozani Kaime | Malawi | |
Mr. Asraf Ally CAUNHYE | Mauritius | |
Asia Pacific States | Ms. Preeti Saran | India |
Ms. Joo-Young Lee | Republic of Korea | |
Western Europe and Other States | Mr. Ludovic Hennebel [English | Français | Español] |
Belgium |
Latin American and the Caribbean States | Ms. Karla Vanessa Lemus de Vásquez [English | Español] |
El Salvador |
Mr. Santiago Manuel Fiorio Vaesken | Paraguay | |
Ms. Julieta Rossi [English | Español] |
Argentina | |
Eastern Europe States | Mr. Aslan Abashidze | Russian Federation |