Summary:

The monitoring body for the Convention on the Rights of the Child consists of ten experts with a variety of backgrounds. Here is an introduction to committee members.

An Introduction to the Members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Mr. Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Al-Sheddi, Saudi Arabia, 2001- 2005 * Deputy Minister of Education for Cultural and External Relations * Secretary-General of Saudi National Commission for Child Welfare * Secretary-General of Saudi National Commission for UNESCO * Chairman of the committee, which prepared the report of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on measures adopted for the implementation of the CRC

Ms. Ghalia Mohd Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Qatar, 2001-2005 * Chairperson of Paediatrics Department * Chairperson of the Organising Committee, 1st and 2nd Qatari International Paediatric Conferences * Fellow of the Royal College for Paediatrics and Child Health * Chairperson of the Committee for Special Needs, working to improve awareness of causes for physical and mental handicaps, improving rights of individuals with special needs * Member of the Advisory Committee Supreme Council for Family Affairs

Ms. Saisuree Chutikul, Thailand, 2001-2005 * Member of the National Commission on Women's Affairs; National Youth Commission; National Education Commission Chairperson, Committee on the Eradication of Trafficking of Children and Women; Task Force on Revision of Laws related to the Rights of the Child; Committee on National Review of the Plan of Action of the World Summit for Children * Adviser, National Committee on the Rights of the Child * Cabinet Minister (1991-1992), Senator (1996-2000), member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW, 1989-2000)

Mr. Luigi Citarella, Italy, 2001-2005 * Secretary-General of the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) * Member of the Italian delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations, Member of the Italian delegation to the Commission for Human Rights of the United Nations * Professor of Human Rights, University of Rome (La Sapienza); Centre for Studies and Research in Human Rights, Free International University for Social Studies (LUISS) * Italian delegate to the inter-sessional working group of the Commission on Human Rights on the draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Mr. Jacob Egbert Doek, The Netherlands, 1999-2003 * Professor of Family and Juvenile Law, Vrije Universiteit * Director, Office of International Relations, Vrije Universiteit * Deputy Juvenile Court Judge, District Court, The Hague * Founding Member, Defence for Children International

Ms. Amina Hamza El Guindi, Egypt, 1999-2003 * Minister of Social Affairs and Insurance * Former Secretary General, National Council for Childhood and Motherhood * Former Rapporteur, National Commission for Women

Ms. Judith Karp, Israel, 1995-2003 * Deputy Attorney General of Israel concentrating on legislation and policy coordination in the areas of juvenile delinquency and children's rights and welfare * Former Director, Department of Public Legislation, Israeli Ministry of Justice

Ms. Awa N'Deye Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso, 1997-2003 * Professor for "la Direction Générale de la Coopération Internationale," Division of the United Nations * Professor of Linguistics * Former Cultural Adviser, Embassy of Burkina Faso to the United States

Ms. Marilia Sardenberg, Brazil, 1997-2005 * Diplomat * Head of the Department for Scientific, Technical and Technological Cooperation * Former Executive Coordinator, Office of the Secretary-General of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia, Brazil * Delegate to the Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights on the question of a convention on the rights of the child (1988-1989) * Delegate to the special session of the General Assembly "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century," New York, 2000

Ms. Elisabeth Tigerstedt-Tähtelä, Finland, 1999-2003 * Retired Diplomat * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1978-1998 * Former Ambassador to Hanoi (and Vietnam), Cairo (and Khartoum), and Zagreb * Former Inspector of Embassies * Former Head, Department for Human Rights and Consular Affairs

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Organisation Contact Details:

Child Rights Connect (formerly the NGO Group for the CRC)
1 rue Varembé
1202 Geneva
Tel: + 41 22 740 47 30
Email: secretariat@childrightsnet.org
Website: www.childrightsnet.org

Last updated 18/12/2001 12:34:00

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