Election of the 15 members of the IHFFC - Results
At the invitation of Switzerland, the depositary state of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the fifth diplomatic meeting to elect the members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission was held in Bern on 9 December 2011. The 72 States Parties to the first Additional Protocol of 1977 to the Geneva Convention that have recognized the competence of the Commission were entitled to participate in this election.
62 States took part in the meeting under the chairmanship of H.E Ambassador Valentin Zellweger Director of the Directorate of International Law DIL of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA and the vice-chairmanship of H.E Ambassador Sidiki Lamine Sow, Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mali to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
After the first ballot the following candidates were elected (in the alphabetical order of their state of origin):
For the final results containing the number of votes obtained by the elected candidates including the absolute majority and the list of participants, please click here.
The newly-formed Commission was elected for a term of office of five years and will enter into function at its first annual meeting planned to take place in the course of March 2012.
