Meeting of States Parties
Thirtieth Meeting
New York, 17 January 2012Item 4 of the provisional agenda
Election, in accordance with articles 28-34
of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
of two members of the Human Rights Committee to replace
those whose resignations were effective on 30 September 2011
Election, in accordance with articles 28 to 34 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of two members of the Human Rights Committee to fill two vacancies created by the resignation of Mahjoub El Haiba (Morocco), whose term was to expire on 31 December 2012, and Helen Keller (Switzerland), whose term was to expire on 31 December 2014
Note by the Secretary-General
1.In conformity with article 34 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Thirtieth Meeting of States Parties to the Covenant will be convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on 17 January 2012, for the purpose of filling two vacancies in the Human Rights Committee.
2.In a letter dated 26 May 2011, Helen Keller (Switzerland), who was re-elected at the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of States Parties to the Covenant, held on 2 September 2010, for a term that was to expire on 31 December 2014, submitted her resignation from the Committee effective from 30 September 2011. In a letter dated 31 May 2011, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee informed the Secretary-General accordingly.
3.In a letter dated 12 July 2011, Mahjoub El Haiba (Morocco), who was elected at the Twenty-eighth Meeting of States Parties to the Covenant held on 9 November 2009 for a term that was to expire on 31 December 2012, submitted his resignation from the Committee effective from 30 September 2011. In a letter dated 3 August 2011, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee informed the Secretary-General accordingly.
3.Pursuant to article 33, paragraph 2, and article 34, paragraph 1, of the Covenant, the Secretary-General declared the two seats vacant from the date on which the resignations took effect. . By note verbale of 3 October 2011, the States parties to the Covenant were invited to submit nominations, by 5 December 2011, for the purpose of filling the two vacancies for terms expiring on 31 December 2012 and 31 December 2014.
4.Annex I contains the list of candidates in alphabetical order. Annex II contains the curricula vitae of the persons whose nominations had been received by the secretariat by 5 December 2011. Nominations received after this date will be issued in addenda to the present document.
Annexes
Annex I
List of candidates nominated by States parties
Khlid Salman Mohammed AliAl-NuaimiIraq
DjakupovaGulsaraKyrgyzstan
WalterKälinSwitzerland
MaratSarsembayevKazakhstan
GulnarSatbayevaKazakhstan
Annex II
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Khlid Salman Mohammed Ali Al-Nuaimi (Iraq)
Date and place of birth: 07.10.1963, Baghdad, Iraq
Working languages: Arabic (mother tongue), Romanian (good), English (good)
Current position/function
Executive Manager in the Ministry of Human Rights, Baghdad – In charge of following-up human rights conditions in the Baghdad-Office
Main professional activities
Reporting to the Ministry Headquarter about human rights violations might occur. So I have got more than 15 employees working on monitoring human rights conditions in the capital, Baghdad and the outskirts, moreover, I was involving my staff in committees concerning with, child rights, woman’s rights and reporting to me the evaluations reports and I myself refer those reports after vetting and amending process, to his Excellency (Minister of Human Rights) depending on my legal background in the management of the due cases in Baghdad Municipality Headquarter where I was working in addition to the Ministry of Human Rights.
Educational background
Bachelor Degree in the Law from Iasi University, Romania
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
I’ve been participated with the governmental staff involving in writing of Universal Periodic Review, in which submitted at Human Rights Council 2010, moreover I was actively engaged in writing the reports concerned human rights issues since I was fully active in the field of human rights in the run-up of period where I was working as attorney in the Iraqi criminal, civil courts.
List of most recent publications in the field
Formulating the internal system for so many NGO’s relevant to human rights fundamentals
Review of some legal publications issued by jurists or judges in the main concern of judicial authorship
Djakupova Gulsara (Kyrgyztan)
Date and place of birth: 12.02.1969, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Working languages: Russian, Kyrgyz
Current position/function:
Executive director of a law company. I am responsible for organizational process and execution of company’s tasks: legal assistance and protection of rights and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities in courts, state and law enforcement agencies, legal research and expertise, participation in drafting laws and normative acts, in projects aimed to improve judicial system of the state.
Main professional activities :
Arbitrator of International Court of Arbitration in affiliation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic
UNDP project “Development of Anti-corruption Standards for draft laws examination”, National Consultant
Joint Project of OSCE “Establishment of Anti-corruption Body in Kyrgyz Republic”, National Consultant
The Office of Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Head of the Legal Department
Ministry of Finance of Kyrgyz Republic, Head of the Legal Department
National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic, Head of the Legal Department
Ministry of Justice of Kyrgyz Republic, Head of the Economic Law Division of the Law Drafting Department
Educational background:
The Educational Center of National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, Intensive Accounting Courses, Diploma of an Accountant of Broad Specialization (2000-2001)
Kyrgyz State University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Law Faculty, Diploma in Law Studies (1986-1991)
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:
Participation in work related to the reforms of court system of Kyrgyz Republic, which purports to eliminate corruption in courts, create such conditions and system that will ensure that the right of citizens and legal entities for fair and unbiased trial and verdict will be guaranteed.
Legal expertise for decreasing possibility of corruption provided by the provisions of law drafts and normative acts.
Work oriented towards improvement of quality of state services provided for individuals and legal entities.
Walter Kälin (Switzerland)
Date and place of birth: 20.05.1951, Zurich, Switzerland
Working languages: English, French
Current position/function
Professor of constitutional and international law, University of Bern
Director of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Human Rights
Main professional activities
Since 1985 professor of constitutional and international law, University of Bern
On several occasions, served as expert for the Swiss Parliament and the Swiss Federal Administration (on issues of refugee law, human rights law, constitutional law) and Swiss Development Cooperation (in Nepal, Pakistan, India and Kyrgyzstan) as well as the United Nations (UNHCR, UNDP, OHCHR).
Educational background
Legal studies at the Universities of Fribourg and Berne: lic. iur. summa cum laude 1976
Dr. iur. summa cum laude (doctoral thesis on the principle of non.refoulement) 1982
LL.M Harvard Law School 1984
“Habilitation”, Faculty of Law University of Bern 1985
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
1991/92: Special Raporteur of the UN Human Rights Commission on the situation of human rights in Iraqi occupied Kuwait
2003 – 2008: Member of the UN Human Rights Committee
2004 – 2010: Representative of the UN Secretary General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
List of most recent publications in the field
The Law of International Human Rights Protection, Oxford 2009 (paperback ed. 2010)
Filling the Gaps - Contributions by the Human Rights Committee to the Fight Against Torture, in: M. Voyame et al (eds) International Law, Conflict and Development, Leiden/Boston 2010, pp. 169 – 180m
‘Death is different’ – The Death Penalty and the Right to a Fair Trial, in: Tomuschat et al. (eds.), The Right to Life, Leiden/Boston 2010, pp. 21 – 39
State reports, in: H. Keller/G. Ulfstein (eds.), The UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies. Law and Legitimacy, Cambridge (forthcoming)
Universal Human Rights Bodies and International Humanitarian Law, in: R. Kolb/G. Gaggioli (eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (forthcoming).
Marat Sarsembayev (Kazakhstan)
Date and place of birth: 15.12.1947, Kazakhstan
Working languages: Russian, English
Current position/function
Member of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a political office employee. Defending interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan in problems of election process.
Main professional activities
Professor, the dean of the faculty of law, the head of the chair of international law in the Kazakh National University named after al-Farati (1973-2000).
Member of the Commission on Human Rights under President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1997-1999).
Director of the Institute of Human Rights in Almaty (1998-1999)
Personal Representative of the OSC Chairman-in-Office on Election-Related Issues during the whole year of 2010.
Educational background
Graduated from the Faculty of the English Language of Almaty Institute of Foreign Languages (1969) and the Faculty of Law of Kazakh State University named after Kirov.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Read lectures on international law issues in Kabul University (Afghanistan), Moscow State University for International Relations (Russia), University of Rennes (France), University of Villanova (USA), University of Indiana (USA).
Took part in formulation, editing, expertising, perfection of more than 130 bills, of 186 texts of international treaties including 66 on human rights.
List of most recent publications in the field
“Promoting the world and friendship”
“Afghanistan and International Law”
“International Law Relations of the States of Central Asia”
Human Rights (textbook)
Satbayeva Gulnar (Kazakhstan)
: November, 19, 1970. Uralsk city, West-Kazakhstan region, Kazakhstan.
Kazakh, Russian, English.
Current position/function
A judge of the specialized financial court of Almaty city. Current position function is to consider civil cases between the participants of the regional financial centre of Almaty and also civil cases about restructuring of financial organizations. The civil case can be considered and the decision can be passed not only in the state and Russian languages, but also in English.
Main professional activities
Administration of justice;
Considering of disputes according to jurisdiction;
Taking all statutory measures for comprehensive, complete and objective research of circumstances, necessary for correct permission of disputes in accordance with civil laws of RK;
Activity of judges is directed on defence of the broken rights, freedoms and interests of citizens, state and organizations;
Strengthening of legality and law;
Analysis of judicial practice.
Educational background:
Diploma with honors ЖБ 0011025 on higher education, the Western-Kazakhstan branch of the Kazakh State Law University (the decision of the State Qualification Commission as of May 26, 2000, the qualification of lawyer).
DIPLOMA ТВ № 725508, the Uralsk Order “Sign of Honour” Pedagogical Institute named after A.S. Pushkin specialty of Foreign Languages (the decision of the State Examination Commission as of June 21, 1993, the qualification of the teacher of English and German languages).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:
Suggestion on further perfection of legislation (projects of changes and additions to legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
Judges ensure functioning on counteraction of corruption and observance of norms of judicial ethics.
List of most recent publications in the field:
Corporate disputes
Estimation of proofs
Judiciary practice on tax disputes
Responsibility for disrespect to court