United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
CCPR/SP/85/Add.2
Distr.: General
2 May 2014
Original: English and Spanish
Meeting of States Parties
Thirty-fourth meeting
New York, 24 June 2014
Item 5 and 6 of the provisional agenda
Election, in accordance with articles 28-34
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 2014,
and a by election to fill one vacancy for a term expiring on 31 December 2016
Election of nine members of the Human Rights Committee to
replace those whose terms expire on 31 December 2014 and
by-election to fill one vacancy created by the resignation of
Kheshoe Parsad Matadeen (Mauritius) whose term was due
to expire on 31 December 2016
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1.
In conformity with articles 28–34 of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties to the Covenant will be
convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, 24 June
2014.
2.
The curricula vitae of 10 candidates received by 21 March 2014 are reproduced in
document CCPR/SP/85 and two candidates received after the deadline of 22 March 2014
are reproduced in document CCPR/SP/85/Add.1
3.
Attached to the present document are the curricula vitae of the candidates for the
regular election proposed by Italy and Chili after the deadline of 22 March 2014.
List of additional candidates nominated by States parties for the
regular election
4.
In accordance with article 30, paragraph 2, of the Covenant, the Secretary-General,
in a note verbale dated 21 January 2014, invited the States parties to submit, in conformity
with articles 29 of the Covenant, their nominations for the regular election of nine members
and the by-election for one member of the Committee within two months, i.e., by 21 March
2014.
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5.
Pursuant to article 30, paragraph 3, of the Covenant, listed below, in alphabetical
order, are the names of two further nominees for the regular election and the State parties
that nominated them. Biographical data (curricula vitae) on the nominees, as furnished by
the States parties concerned, are contained in annexes I and II to the present document.
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Name of candidate
Nominated by
Mr. Politi Mauro
Italy
Mr. Roberto Garretón Merino
Chile
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Annexes*
Annex I
POLITI Mauro (Italy)
Date and place of birth: 13th September 1944, Fabrica di Roma, Italy
Working languages: Italian, English, French
Current position/function: Full Professor of International Law, University of Trento
(Italy). He currently teaches two courses: a general course of Public International Law and
a course (in English) of Human Rights Protection in International and European Law at the
Trento School of International Studies.
Main professional activities:
Deputy Prosecutor at the Juvenile Court in Milan (1972-1975); Judge (Civil and Criminal)
at the Tribunal of Milan (1975-1983);
Associate Professor of Int.l Law at the Univ. of Urbino Law School (1983-1986);
Associate, then Full Professor of Int.l Law at the Univ. of Trento Law School (since 1986);
Legal Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN, New York (1992-2001);
Member of the Italian Delegation to the Rome Conf. for the establishment of the ICC
(1998);
Chairman of the 6th (Legal) Committee of the UN General Assembly (2000-2001);
Judge of the International Criminal Court (2003-2009); Presiding Judge of the Pre-Trial II
of the ICC (2006-2009);
Member of the National Group of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (since 2011).
Previous positions and professional affiliations:
Educational background:
University of Florence Law School
Columbia University School of International Affairs
Yale University Law School
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body
concerned:
At the Rome Conference on the establishment of the ICC, he was Coordinator on the issue
of children in armed conflicts;
During his mandate as a Judge of the ICC, he was dealing with the situations in Uganda and
Central African Republic;
* The full curricula vitae of the candidates as submitted by the relevant State party can be consulted on
the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CCPR/Pages/Elections34th.aspx.
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With regard to the situation in Uganda, he acted as a Single Judge on victims issues.
List of most recent publications in the field:
In French: “The Rome Statute of the ICC: the point of view of a negotiator”, RGDIP, 1999,
vol. 4, pp. 817-850; in English: “Elements of crimes”, Cassese-Gaeta-Jones, The Rome
Statute of the ICC, 2002, vol. I, pp.443-473; “Reflections on complementarity at the Rome
Conference and Beyond” in the ICC and Complementarity, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011,
pp.142-149; “The ICC and the crime of aggression”, JICJ, vol. 10, 2012, pp.267-288.
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Annex II
Roberto GARRETÓN Merino (Chile)
Lugar y fecha de nacimiento: Santiago de Chile, 21 diciembre 1942
Idiomas de trabajo: Español y francés
Cargo o función actual: Abogado en temas de derechos humanos asuntos de derechos
humanos; Integrante del Consejo de la Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos
(Categoría “A” del Comité de Coordinación de las Naciones Unidas, abogado, Director de
la Fundación Instituto de la Mujer (Chile); Comisionado de la Comisión Internacional de
Juristas (ONG basada en Ginebra)
Principales activadades profesionales: Defensor de derechos humanos durante toda la
dictadura del General Pinochet, desde el Comité de Cooperación para la Paz en Chile y la
Vicaría de la Solidaridad (1973-1990); Embajador de Chile ante los organismos
internacionales de derechos humanos 1990-1994; Integrante del Grupo de Trabajo de la
Comisión Humanos y Consejo de Derechos Humanos (1991-2000 y 2008-2014), Relator de
la CDH en República Democrática del Congo 1994-2001); miembro Comité de Prevención
de Genocidios ONU 2006-2009. Misiones de derechos humanos en más de 20 países;
Representante de la Alta Comisionada de Derechos Humanos de la ONU 2001-2005. Vice
Presidente de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y de la Conferencia Mundial de Viena en
1993
Títulos académicos: Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de la Universidad de
Chile. Profesión de abogado
Otras actividades principales en el campo relacionado con el órgano correspondiente:
40 años y 8 meses de dedicación exclusiva a la defensa y promoción de los derechos
humanos tanto en Chile como muchos otros países.
Redactor de affidavit ante la Cámara de los Lords del Reino Unido en el juicio contra el
General Pinochet. (1999)
Presentación de un informe en derecho a la Corte Penal Internacional, a pedido de ésta, para
el primer caso de esa Corte (Contra Thomás Lubanga, República Democrática del Congo)
Publicaciones más recientes en ese campo:
"Las Leyes Secretas", de Academia de Humanismo Cristiano (1985). //"Utilización de la
Ley para violar los derechos humanos". En Democrazia e Constitucionalizmo: Il caso
cileno a la Prova", Módena, Italia, 1988.// “Die Aufarbeitung der Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Chile während der Militärdiktatur, Hamburgo, 1991// “La valeur juridique
de la Déclaration Universelle dans le système des Nations unies”, París, 1998// “Key
elements of human rights work”. En A Human Rights Message, Estocolmo, 1998// “La
Defensa de los derechos humanos”. Observatorio Derechos Humanos, FIDH/OMCT,
1999// “Primacía de los derechos humanos para la democracia y el desarrollo” (Universidad
Andina Simón Bolívar, 2003)// “La ONU y la protección de los Derechos Humanos”
(Asuntos Públicos, informes 335 y 337)// “Trascendencia del caso Pinochet para el derecho
internacional de los derechos humanos” Universidad de Lanús, 2001)// “Políticas Públicas
y Derechos Humanos”. Observatorio del MERCOSUR, 2004.
EN PREPARACIÓN (noviembre 2014: Todos supimos siempre todo (para fines de 2014)
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