Meetings of States parties & elections

Human Rights Committee

At the Meeting of States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, elections may be held to replace members at the end of their term, or to elect new members due to resignation or death. Each State party may nominate one person from its own nationals to stand for election. Members are elected for a term of four years.

New members of the Human Rights Committee are elected by secret ballot by the States parties from a list of nominees, with due consideration being given to equitable geographical distribution, relevant legal experience and balanced gender representation.

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Elections

Date	Meeting	Location	Purpose
29 May 2024	40th Meeting of States parties & 2024 elections	New York	Regular meeting Election to replace those 9 members of the Committee whose terms expire on 31 December 2022
17 June 2022	39th Meeting of States parties & 2022 elections	New York	Regular meeting Election to replace those 9 members of the Committee whose terms expire on 31 December 2022
15 June 2020	38th Meeting of States parties & 2020 elections	New York	Regular & extraordinary meeting Election to elect nine members of the Human Rights Committee, to replace those whose terms expire on 31 December 2020 By-election to fill a casual vacancy arising from the resignation of a member of the Human Rights Committee on 31 December 2019
28 August 2018	37th Meeting of States Parties & election	New York	Extraordinary meeting By-election to fill a casual vacancy arising from the resignation of a member of the Human Rights Committee
14 June 2018	36th Meeting of States parties & 2018 elections	New York	Regular meeting Election to replace those 9 members of the Committee whose terms expire on 31 December 2018
23 June 2016	35th Meeting of States parties & 2016 elections	New York	Regular meeting Election to replace those 9 members of the Committee whose terms expire on 31 December 2016
24 June 2014	34th Meeting of States parties & 2014 elections	New York	Regular & extraordinary meeting Regular Election to elect nine members of the Human Rights Committee, to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2014 By-election to fill a casual vacancy arising from the resignation of a member of the Human Rights Committee on 9 January 2014
18 February 2014	33rd Meeting of States parties & election	New York	Extraordinary meeting One by-election to fill a casual vacancy arising from the resignation of a member of the Human Rights Committee
6 September 2012	32nd Meeting of States parties & 2012 elections	New York	Regular meeting Elections to replace those 9 members of the Committee whose terms expire on 31 December 2012
1 May 2012	31st Meeting of States parties & election	New York	Extraordinary meeting By-election to fill a casual vacancy arising from the death of a member of the Human Rights Committee in January 2012
17 January 2012	30th Meeting of States parties & election	New York	Extraordinary meeting Two by-elections to fill casual vacancies arising from the resignation of two members of the Human Rights Committee in 2011
2 September 2010	29th Meeting of States parties & 2010 elections	New York	Regular meeting Elections to elect members to replace nine members whose term expires on 31 December 2010
9 November 2009	28th Meeting of States parties & election	New York	Extraordinary meeting By-election to fill a casual vacancy arising from the resignation of a member of the Human Rights Committee
4 September 2008	27th Meeting of States parties & 2008 elections	New York	Regular meeting
9 September 2004	23rd Meeting of States parties & 2004 elections	New York	Regular meeting

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