United Nations: Public Appointments

(asked on 17th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK representatives have been elected to UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Institutions in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

The UK places great importance on the work of UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Bodies and institutions. While members of Treaty Monitoring Bodies are nominated by a State Party, they serve on their respective committees as independent experts. In 2010, Patrick Thornberry was elected to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In 2012, Diane Mulligan was elected to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Sir Nigel Rodley was elected to the Human Rights Committee; and Sir Malcolm Evans was elected to the Sub-committee on the Prevention of Torture. In 2016, Sir Malcolm Evans was again elected to the Sub-committee on the Prevention of Torture. The UK was elected to the UN Human Rights Council in 2013, 2016 and 2020.

Reticulating Splines