OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE (OPCAT)
SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE

Elections of members to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

The seventh meeting of the States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) will be convened by the Secretary-General at the United Nations Office at Geneva on Thursday 25 October 2018, 10 AM, conference room XVIII, at Palais des Nations. The purpose of the meeting is to elect thirteen members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 31 December 2018.

The election of candidates for membership in the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture shall take place in accordance with articles 5 through 9 of the OPCAT. In addition, the Secretary-General would like to draw attention to the General Assembly resolution A/68/268 adopted on 9 April 2014, entitled “Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system” and its provisions 10 and 13 on the nomination and election of treaty body experts.

Other relevant information on the election.

Current membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

Nominations

In accordance with articles 6 and 7 of the OPCAT, the Secretary-General, in a Note verbale dated 14 May 2018 (E | F | S), invited the States parties to submit their nominations of candidates for the election of members to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture within three months, i.e. by 14 August 2018. 

Nominations and biographical data should be submitted, using a specific standard format (E | F | S), by a Note verbale of the Permanent Mission to the Secretary-General, c/o. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, as well as in an electronic Word version to registry@ohchr.org, copied to opcat@ohchr.org, by 14 August 2018, at the latest.

The biographical data of nominated candidates should not exceed 38 lines.

The list of candidates, in alphabetical order, nominated by States Parties by 14 August is:

The list of candidates, in alphabetical order, nominated by States Parties after 14 August is:

Documents:

In accordance with Rule 16 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Meetings of the States Parties to the OPCAT, the official working languages of the meeting shall be English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Results of the Seventh Meeting States parties to the OPCAT that took place on 25 October 2018 to elect the 13 members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture whose mandate will expire on 31 December 2018

List of the 13 members, in alphabetical order, elected to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, for a term of four years, as of 1 January 2019, as provided for under article 9 of the Optional Protocol:

* Current members
** Former member