United Nations CCPR/SP/87 International Covenant on Distr.: General 4 May 2016 Civil and Political Rights Original: English Meeting of States parties Thirty-fifth meeting New York, 23 June 2016 Item 5 of the provisional agenda Election, in accordance with articles 28-34 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of nine members of the Human Rights Committee to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2016 Election of nine members of the Human Rights Committee to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2016 Note by the Secretary-General 1. In conformity with articles 28 to 32 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the thirty-fifth meeting of States parties to the Covenant is to be held at United Nations Headquarters on 23 June 2016 for the purpose of electing nine members of the Human Rights Committee from a list of persons nominated by States parties (sect. II), to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 31 December 2016 (sect. I). I. Members of the Committee whose terms will expire on 31 December 2016 Name of member Country of nationality Mr. Lazhari Bouzida Algeria Mr. Ahmed Amin Fathallaa Egypt Sir Nigel Rodleya United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr. Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Resciaa Costa Rica Mr. Fabián Omar Salviolia Argentina GE.16-07071 (E) 170516 200516 CCPR/SP/87 Name of member Country of nationality Mr. Dheerujlall Seetulsingh Mauritius Ms. Anja Seibert-Fohra Germany Mr. Yuval Shanya Israel Mr. Konstantine Vardzelashvili Georgia a Member eligible for re-election under the Committee’s rules of procedure. II. Persons nominated by States parties 2. In accordance with article 30 (2) of the Covenant, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 18 January 2016, invited the States parties to submit, in conformity with article 29 of the Covenant, their nominations for the election of nine members of the Committee by 15 April 2016. All curricula vitae received by 15 April 2016 are included in the present document (see annex). Nominations received after that date will be issued in addenda to the present document. 3. Pursuant to article 30 (3) of the Covenant, listed below, in alphabetical order, are the names of the persons nominated for election to the Committee, and the State parties that nominated them. Candidate Nominated by Ms. Tania María Abdo Rocholl Paraguay Ms. Rhadys Iris Abreu Blondet de Polanco Dominican Republic Mr. Koita Bamariam Mauritania Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris Latvia Mr. Bello Bukhari Nigeria Mr. Sêgnitondji Isidore Clément Capo-Chichi Benin Mr. Osman El Hajjé Lebanon Mr. Ahmed Amin Fathalla Egypt Ms. Alvina Gyulumyan Armenia Mr. Christof Heyns South Africa Mr. Dodzi Komla Kokoroko Togo Ms. Marcia V.J. Kran Canada Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya Ukraine Mr. Cephas Lumina Zambia Mr. Honoré Mitshabo Tshitenge Democratic Republic of the Congo Ms. Rookmeenee Narainamah Narayen Mauritius 2 GE.16-07071 CCPR/SP/87 Candidate Nominated by Sir Nigel Rodley United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr.Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia Costa Rica Mr. Fabián Omar Salvioli Argentina Mr. José Manuel Santos Pais Portugal Mr. Marat Sarsembayev Kazakhstan Ms. Anja Seibert-Fohr Germany Mr. Yuval Shany Israel GE.16-07071 3 CCPR/SP/87 Annex* Tania María Abdo Rocholl (Paraguay) [Original: Spanish] Date and place of birth: Asunción, Paraguay; 16 November 1978 Working language: Spanish Current position/function Legal adviser to the Human Rights Committee of the Chamber of Deputies: preparation of opinions and draft legislation, inter-agency representation and presentation of national and international reports. Member of the design and implementation team and focal point for the system to monitor international human rights recommendations in Paraguay (SIMORE), under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Main professional activities Legal adviser (Chamber of Deputies). Director General for Human Rights (Ministry of Justice). Executive Secretary of the Human Rights Network of the Executive Branch. Member of the Advisory Council of the Inter-institutional Committee for Enforcement of Sentences and International Recommendations (CICSI). Member of the National Council on Children and Adolescents and the National Committee for Refugees (CONARE). Member of the Coordinating Committee and drafting team of the first National Human Rights Plan for Paraguay and the Human Rights Indicator System: right to education and right to health. Member of the drafting team for country reports and Paraguayan delegations to human rights bodies of the United Nations and the inter-American system on over 10 occasions (details in curriculum vitae). Educational background Master’s degree in family law (2007); postgraduate studies in civil law: annulment, separation and divorce; postgraduate studies in children’s affairs, personal protection and adoption, Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Spain. Law degree (2004), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, National University of Asunción, Paraguay (other degrees in curriculum vitae). Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned 1. Preparation of regulations: handling of hunger strikes; university internships at shelters and centres of deprivation of liberty; access to justice for children and adolescents in custody. 2. Coordination of teams, implementation and regulation: Gender in Prison programme for mothers and children; project on holding hearings by videoconference for persons in prison; modernization of shelters. 3. Preparation of draft legislation: “Protection of children and adolescents against corporal punishment and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”; amendment to the Trafficking in Persons Act to introduce the concept of unpaid domestic child labour (criadazgo); “Protection of the freedom of expression and exercise of journalism”; legislation on promotion and protection of motherhood and support for breastfeeding. * Curricula vitae are issued without formal editing. Lists of publications are reproduced in the appendix in the language of submission. The full curricula vitae of the candidates as submitted by the relevant State party can be consulted on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CCPR/Pages/Elections35th.aspx. 4 GE.16-07071 CCPR/SP/87 Rhadys Iris Abreu Blondet de Polanco (Dominican Republic) [Original: Spanish] Place of birth: Santo Domingo Working languages: Spanish and Italian (fluent), French and English (extensive knowledge) Educational background Doctorate in law cum laude, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Postgraduate studies in criminal law, criminology and penitentiary law, State University of Rome, Italy Specialization in criminal law, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Diploma of advanced studies in politics and international law, University of Social Studies (Pro Deo), Rome, Italy Specialization in European studies, Alcide de Gasperi Institute, Rome, Italy Courses and seminars attended • Advanced course in human rights, Centre for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, United Nations, Geneva; • International course on criminology, State University of Rome, Italy; • Symposium on criminal justice in the Dominican Republic, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; • The Dominican electoral system, Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; • Diplomatic training course; • School of Diplomacy of the Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; • Course on enforcement measures (embargoes), Madre y Maestra Pontifical Catholic University, Santiago, Dominican Republic; • Hispano-Luso-American Course, Ibero-American University, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; • Course on human rights, sponsored by the International Centre for the Teaching of Human Rights at Universities, Fondation René Cassin, Strasbourg, France; • Course on human rights, sponsored by the International Institute of Human Rights, Fondation René Cassin, Strasbourg, France; • International seminar on victimology and decision analysis, sponsored by the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences and the Criminology Institute of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; • Second International Course on Criminology, sponsored by the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD), Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences and the Criminology Institute of GE.16-07071 5 CCPR/SP/87 the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; • First Seminar on Latin American Integration, Catholic University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; • First advanced course on notarial law, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain; • Second advanced course on notarial law, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain; • XVII Interdisciplinary Course on Human Rights, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica; • Third regional course on the preparation and presentation of reports to international human rights treaty bodies; • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Teaching experience • Undergraduate programme professor, Madre y Maestra Pontifical Catholic University. Courses taught: Public international law, notarial law, private