Meeting of States parties
Twenty-ninth meeting New York
2 September 2010
Election, in accordance with articles 28 to 32 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 2010
Note by the Secretary-General
1.In accordance with articles 30, paragraph 4, and 32 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the twenty-ninth meeting of States parties to the Covenant will be convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on Thursday, 2 September 2010.
2.The curricula vitae of 19 candidates received by 1 June 2010 are reproduced in document CCPR/SP/75.
3.Attached to the present document are the curricula vitae of the candidates proposed by Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya after 1 June 2010.
Richard Lukunda
Date and place of birth: 12 April 1970, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Working languages: French (excellent), English (basic)
Current position/function
1.Adviser on human rights, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.
2.Permanent Secretary of the “Entité de liaison des droits de l’homme” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
3.Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Kinshasa.
4.Executive Secretary of the national commission responsible for follow-up to the Human Rights Council universal periodic review of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Main professional activities
1.Monitoring cases of human rights violations and managing relations between the Government and human rights NGOs.
2.General rapporteur for approximately 20 national and international seminars on human rights and justice issues.
3.Presentation of reports to the Human Rights Council and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
4.Preparation of initial and periodic reports on human rights issues.
5.Chef de Cabinet of the Minister of Human Rights (2002); Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General of the Government (2004–2005); Adviser, National Programme for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (2007–2008); Research Director, Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (2000–2001); Expert in inter-Congolese political negotiations (South Africa, 2002); Adviser, International Court of Justice (2002–2006).
Educational background
1.Law degree, faculty of law, University of Kinshasa, Department of International Public Law and International Relations (1996).
2.Other training: combating trafficking in persons (certificate awarded by the United States Department of State, 2003); Human rights and international humanitarian law (1998); Assessment management (University of Kinshasa, 2004).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
1.Member and Secretary/Rapporteur of the committee responsible for drafting national periodic reports on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
2.Chairperson of the working group responsible for drawing up the national report on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for submission to the Human Rights Council (universal periodic review process), 2009–2010.
3.Professional inspections of the prisons in all 11 of the country’s provinces.
4.Member of the Committee of Experts and Permanent Secretary of the “Entité de liaison des droits de l’homme” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; working to protect the right to life; combating arbitrary detention and combating torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
List of most recent publications in the field
1.Voies de sortie à l ’ inertie de la communauté internationale face aux atteintes au droit à la vie (Overcoming the inertia of the international community with regard to violations of the right to life).
2.La Conférence internationale sur la paix, la démocratie et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs: coquille vide ou nécessité impérieuse pour le redécollage du Congo Démocratique (International Conference on the Great Lakes Region: empty shell or essential for getting the Democratic Republic of the Congo back on its feet).
3.La notion d ’ ordre public international (the concept of the international public order).
4.De l ’ OUA à l ’ Union Africaine: réalités de développement et résolution des conflits (From the Organization of African Unity to the African Union: the realities of development and conflict resolution).
Alphonse Dinard Moubangat Moukonzi (The Congo)
Date and place of birth: 25 July 1959, Mékala
Professional background
1989–1991: Judge, Pointe-Noire Regional Court
1991–1994: Deputy Public Prosecutor, Pointe-Noire Regional Court
1994–1998: Vice-President, Pointe-Noire Regional Court
1998–2001: Senior Investigating Judge, Pointe-Noire Regional Court
2001–2004: President of the Third Criminal Section of Brazzaville Regional Court
2004–2009: Public Prosecutor, Brazzaville Regional Court
Since January 2008: Chef de Cabinet, Office of the Secretary of State, Coordinator of Sovereignty Issues, Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice and Human Rights
Since May 2009: Advocate-General at the Supreme Court of the Congo
Academic background
1973: Primary school leaving certificate (Grande Ecole de Poto-Poto, Brazzaville)
1977: Secondary school leaving certificate (CEG Gampo-Olilou, Brazzaville)
1981: Baccalaureate (series 4) (Lycée de la Révolution, Brazzaville)
1985: Degree in public law (Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville)
1986: Postgraduate degree (D.E.S.1) in public law (Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville)
1988: Diploma, Ecole Nationale d’Administration et de Magistrature (training college for the senior administrators and the legal service)
24 July 1998: Teacher training certificate for human rights education (Yaoundé, Cameroun, 1988)
2003: Training at the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature (Legal Service Training College), Paris
Participation in the Subregional Seminar on Customs Administration and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, organized jointly by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Ecole Inter-Etats des Douanes (Central African Economic and Monetary Community) (Brazzaville, 3 and 4 June 2003)
2004: Participation in the Subregional Seminar/Workshop on the Implementation of Intellectual Property Law for French-Speaking African Countries
Participation in the Subregional Workshop on the Implementation of Intellectual Property Law for Members of the Judiciary in French-Speaking African Countries (Libreville, 8–10 June 2004)
Participation in the Subregional Seminar/Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights, with special emphasis on the topic “copyright and neighbouring rights”, organized by the Intergovernmental Agency of la Francophonie, in conjunction with the African Intellectual Property Organization, and with the sponsorship of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Brazzaville, 11–15 October 2004
2006: Two certificates awarded by the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg (one in human rights teaching/research at universities and the other in advanced human rights studies)
Other activities
1997–2001: President of Action by Christians against Torture (ACAT), Pointe-Noire branch
1998–2001: Legal adviser to the Prefect of Kouilou
2003–2005: Human rights consultant, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Former student of fundamental rights, Nantes University remote learning facility
Smokin Charles Wanjala (Kenya)
Date and place of birth:22 June 1960
Working languages: English and Kiswahili
Current position/function
Consultant in Governance and Human Rights Issues
Main professional activities
Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Nairobi 1986–2004. Taught International Law, International Human Rights Law, Humanitarian Law, Criminal Law, and Land Law.
Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Former Assistant Director, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), in charge of Preventive Services.
Served as Joint Secretary, Presidential Commission on irregularly/illegally acquired public land.
Former Chairman, Public Complaints Committee on the Environment (PCC).
Member of the International Commission of Jurists-Kenya Chapter.
Educational background
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
Diploma in Law
Master of Laws (LL.M)
Doctor of Laws (PhD)
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Working with Civil Society and other Community-based organizations in the field of legal and institutional reform for good governance and human rights protection.
List of most recent publications in the field
“Human Rights Promotion and Protection in Kenya” in Taking Stock of Human Rights Situation in Africa, S.E. Mchome, ed. (Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam, 2002).