COMPOSITION OF THE IACHR 2008

COMPOSITION AND ELECTION
 

According to the American Convention on Human Rights, the Commission shall be composed of seven members, who shall be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights., elected in a personal capacity by the General Assembly of the Organization from a list of candidates proposed by the governments of the member states.  Each of those governments may propose up to three candidates, who may be nationals of the states proposing them or of any other member state of the Organization of American States.  When a slate of three is proposed, at least one of the candidates shall be a national of a state other than the one proposing the slate.

The members of the Commission are elected for a term of four years and may be reelected only once. 

NAME	MEMBER STATE	TERM OF OFFICE
Paolo G. Carozza	United States	1/1/2006-12/31/2009
Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero	Venezuela	1/1/2008-12/31-2011
Felipe González	Chile	1/1/2008-12/31/2011
Sir Clare Kamau Roberts	Antigua & Barbuda	1/1/2002-12/31/2009
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro	Brazil	1/1/2004-12/31/2011
Florentín Meléndez	El Salvador	1/1/2004-12/31-2011
Víctor E. Abramovich	Argentina	1/1/2006-12/31/2009

      Re-elected during the thirty-fifth regular session of the General Assembly in 2005 for a four year period provided by the Regulations, counted as of January 1, 2006.

    Re-elected during the thirty-seventh regular session of the General Assembly in 2007 for a four year period provided by the Regulations, counted as of January 1, 2008.

    Elected during the thirty-fifth regular session of the General Assembly in 2005, for a four year period provided by the Regulations, counted as of January 1, 2006.

Elected during the thirty-seventh regular session of the General Assembly in 2007 for a four year period provided by the Regulations, counted as of January 1, 2008.

SECRETARIAT OF THE IACHR

Executive Secretary:  Canton, Santiago

Assistant Executive Secretary:  Abi-Mershed, Elizabeth

Professionals

Alban, Juan Pablo

Alfred, Anexa

Alonso, Iraima

Alpostta, María Soledad

Amieva, Silvia

Anicama, Cecilia

Aparicio, Nerea

Aristizábal, Alejandro

Baeyens, Angelita

Banfi, Analía

Benchoam, Débora

Blanchard, Marisol

Celorio, Rosa

Cerna, Christina

Cerqueira, Daniel

Ching Soto, Lilly

Colledani, Norma

Corominas, Paulina

Cuvi Rodríguez, Manuela

Giraldo, Dania

Gómez, Fanny

Gómez, Verónica

Hidaka, Leonardo

Linn, Leticia

López Garelli, Mario

Madariaga, Isabel

Madrigal, Víctor

Mansel, Karin

Melzi, Fiorella

Menck, Grace

Pulido, María Claudia

Repetto, Andrea

Rivero, María-Isabel

Salazar Marín, Daniela

Sánchez, Camilo

Serrano, Silvia

Sobers, Oliver Hilaire

Tavares, Marta

Zarifis, Ismene

Administrative Personnel

Amézquita, Aurora

Blackwell, Melanie

Cuscana, Michelle

Franco, Olga

Hansen, Gloria

Horwatt, Priscilla

Koechlin, Lilia

Landázuri, Flor de María

López, Clara Cecilia

Márquez-Rey, Ana Cecilia

Mendoza, Joyce

Molina, Gloria Amanda

Morin, Sandra

Ramos, Blanca Lucy

Ramos, Claudia

Rivera, Leonor

Rivas, Ilcia