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CRPD Committee Elections 2022

6th June 2022 | Manel Mhiri

During the first day of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) the election of 9 members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with disabilities will be held.

The Process

According to Article 34 of the CRPD, the members of the Committee are elected by States Parties representatives at COSP.

Each member of the Committee is elected for a term of 4 years with a possibility to renew the term once. This means that the maximum length of service is 8 years.

The Candidates

This year, 13 candidates applied.

Among them, 5 are current members asking to renew their term.

The candidates who are seeking re-elections are:

Ms. Gertrude Oforiwa FEFOAME, from Ghana. You can find out more about Ms Fefoame here.
Ms Rosemary KAYESS, from Australia. You can find out more about Ms Kayess here
Ms Amalia GAMIO RIOS, from Mexico. You can find out more about Ms Rios here.
Ms Miyeon KIM, from Republic of Korea. You can find out more about Ms Kim here.
Mr. Markus SCHEFER, from Switzerland. You can find our more about M. Scheffer here.

The new candidates are:

Ms. Laverne JACOBS, from Canada. You can find out more about Ms Jacobs here.
Ms. Rehab Mohammed BORESLI from Kuwait. You can find out more about Ms Boresli here.
Ms Sanja SKENDERIJA, from Bosnia and Herzegovina. You can find out more about Ms Skenderija here.
Ms Sif Holst, from Denmark. You can find out more about Ms Holst here.
Mr. Alfred Kouadio KOUASSI, from Ivory Coast. You can find out more about Mr Kouassi here.
Mr. Muhannad Salah AL-AZZEH, from Jordan. You can find out more about M Al-Azzeh here.
Ms. Natalia Guala BEATHYATE, from Uruguay. You can find out more about Ms Beathyate here.
Mr. Stanislav Alexandrovich IVANOV, from Russian Federation. You can find out more about Mr Ivanov here.

Do not hesitate to reach out to your country’s representative in New York to share the candidates that you support and let us know if there are candidates who you know and/or support.