A/HRC/16/2
44.
As requested by the Human Rights Council in paragraph 8 of its resolution 12/13,
the Council proceeded with the drawing of lots of the staggered terms of membership for
the members of the Expert Mechanism. Vital Bambanze was appointed for one year,
Anastasia Chukhman and José Carlos Morales Morales for two years and Jannie Lasimbang
and Wilton Littlechild for three years.
K.
Election of members of the Advisory Committee
45.
At the 44th meeting, on 23 March 2011, the Human Rights Council elected,
pursuant to its resolution 5/1, seven experts to the Advisory Committee. The Council had
before it a note by the Secretary-General (A/HRC/16/19 and Add.1) containing
nominations of candidates for election, in accordance with Council decision 6/102, and the
biographical data of the candidates.
The candidates were as follows:
Nominating Member State
Expert nominated
African States
Mauritius
Dheerujall Baramlall Seetulsingh
Nigeria
Obiora Chinedu Okafor
Asian States
Pakistan
Ahmer Bilal Soofi
Philippines
Purificacion Quisumbing
Eastern European States
Azerbaijan
Latif Hüseynov
Latin American and Caribbean States
Guatemala
Anantonia Reyes Prado
Western European and other States
France
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
46.
The number of candidates for each regional group corresponded to the number of
seats to be filled. The practice of holding a secret ballot pursuant to paragraph 70 of
Council resolution 5/1 was dispensed with and Dheerujall Baramlall Seetulsingh, Obiora
Chinedu Okafor, Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Purificacion Quisumbing, Latif Hüseynov, Anantonia
Reyes Prado and Laurence Boisson de Chazournes were elected as members of the
Advisory Committee by consensus.
L.
Adoption of the report of the session
47.
At the 48th meeting, on 25 March 2011, the Rapporteur and Vice-President of the
Human Rights Council made a statement in connection with the draft report of the Council.
48.
At the same meeting, the draft report was adopted ad referendum and the Council
decided to entrust the Rapporteur with the finalization of the report.
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