Meeting of States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Twenty-seventh meeting

New York, 22 June 2017

Item 5 of the provisional agenda

Election, in accordance with article 8 (1-5) of the Convention, of nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 19 January 2018

Election of nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 19 January 2018

Note by the Secretary-General

Addendum

1.In accordance with article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the twenty-seventh meeting of States parties to the Convention is to be held at United Nations Headquarters on 22 June 2017 for the purpose of electing nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms will expire on 19 January 2018.

2.The curricula vitae of the 14 persons whose nominations were received by 6 April 2017 are contained in a note of the Secretary-General dated 26 April 2017 (see CERD/SP/80, annex).

3.The annex to the present note contains the curricula vitae of two additional candidates who were nominated by the Congo and Morocco after 6 April 2017.

Annex

Curricula vitae *

Driss Belmahi (Morocco)

[Original: French]

Date and place of birth: 17 October 1958, Oujda, Morocco

Working languages: Arabic and French

Current position/function

Adviser to the Ombudsman of the Kingdom of Morocco since 2011

Member of the National Commission for the Protection of Personal Data since 2010

Professor of higher education. Law faculties since 1989

Adviser to the Wali Al Madhalim (Ombudsman) from 2004 to 2011

Main professional activities

Director of Human Rights Dialogue and Defence at the Ministry of Human Rights (1998-2004)

Member of the network of the Mediterranean Masters Programme in Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Malta (2000-2004)

Participation in the preparation and examination of periodic reports submitted to treaty bodies, including CERD, CCPR, CESCR, CEDAW, CRC and CAT (1998-2004)

Participation in the dialogue between Morocco and the European Union in the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Democratization and Governance of the European Commission

Lecturer in human rights and international humanitarian law at the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Gendarmerie College of Casablanca

Participation in international consultations for UNICEF and UNESCO

Training seminars on human rights instruments, transitional justice and security governance in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Senegal and Ethiopia

Educational background

2007: Doctorate in political science, Faculty of Law, Casablanca

1989: Higher education diploma (DES) in political science, Faculty of Law, Casablanca

1986: Higher education certificate (CES) in political science, Faculty of Law, Rabat

1987: Higher education certificate in international relations, Faculty of Law, Rabat

1988: Higher education certificate in public finances, Faculty of Law, Casablanca

Other main activities in the field relevant to the manda te of the treaty body concerned

Supervision of the drafting of the twelfth to sixteenth periodic reports submitted to CERD and participation in the review of the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic report before the Committee in August 1998

Preparatory Meetings for the World Conference against Racism

Regional conference in Dakar for the preparation of the World Conference against Racism (January 2001)

World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa (September 2001)

Stockholm International Forum against racism in Stockholm, Sweden (January 2004)

Participation in sessions of the Commission on Human Rights between 1995 and 2006

Participation in sessions of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities between 1994 and 2005

List of most recent publications in the field

“The status of treaties in national law”, publication of the Centre for Documentation, Information and Training in Human Rights (CDIFDH), 2002

“The role of national institutions in the protection of human rights”, publication of the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, Egypt, 2004

“Harmonization of the laws on the entry and stay of foreign nationals in the Kingdom of Morocco and on irregular migration and immigration with international human rights agreements”, minutes of the national symposium on 19 and 20 December 2003, publication of the association of legal and judicial information, 2004

“The reform of the Criminal Code in the light of the commitments undertaken by Morocco in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law”, publication of the association of legal and judicial information, 2004

“Torture through Moroccan jurisprudence”, publication of CDIFDH and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)

2008-2016: Several studies related to security governance, the fight against torture and the protection of privacy within the framework of a project of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Studies

Léonard Nsonde (Congo)

[Original: French]

Date of birth: 29 September 1961, Kimbeti.

Working language: French

Current position/function

Magistrate, adviser to the Court of Appeal of Brazzaville

Chief of the Litigation Department, Office of Dispute Proceedings of the State of the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and the Promotion of Indigenous Peoples

Mai n professional activities

Hearings at the Court of Appeal of Brazzaville

Drafting of judgments

Participation in deliberations

Processing of dispute proceedings of the State

Educational background

Primary (certificate of elementary primary studies (CEPE))

Secondary: (diploma of general intermediate studies (BEMG))

Secondary: (school leaving certificate (baccalauréat, series A4))

University: (degree in public law and higher education diploma (DES 1))

University: (magistrate’s diploma (diplôme de Magistrat)).