§ Lord Cocks of Hartcliffeasked Her Majesty's Government:
To what states the 18 elected experts serving on the UN Human Rights Committee belong.
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§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyThe experts serving on the Human Rights Committee are from Australia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Mauritius, UK, Venezuela, Chile, Germany, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, USA, Israel and Japan.
§ Lord Cocks of Hartcliffeasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the elections for the 18 experts to serve on the UN Human Rights Committee took place, how many nominations there were and what states were unsuccessful in obtaining a place.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyThe 18 experts of the Human Rights Committee are elected for a term of four years. Elections for half the seats are held every two years, most recently in 1992 and 1994.
September 1994—28 nominations for 9 seats
Unsuccessful nominations:
- Austria
- Belarus
- Benin
- Congo
- Finland
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Mali
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sudan
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Zimbabwe
September 1992—19 nominations for 9 seats
Unsuccessful nominations:
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Madagascar
- Philippines
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Ukraine