A fifteen-member Compliance Committee was established by the adoption of the Compliance procedures under Article 17 of the Stockholm Convention. Members shall be experts nominated by Parties and elected by the Conference of the Parties on the basis of equitable geographical representation of the five regional groups of the United Nations, with due consideration to gender balance. Members shall have expertise and specific qualifications in the subject matter covered by the Convention. They shall act objectively and in the best interests of the Convention.
The Committee shall elect its own Chair. A Vice-chair and a rapporteur shall be elected, on a rotating basis, by the Committee in accordance with rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties.
Members and officers of the Committee:
At its twelfth meeting, the Conference of the Parties elected the first cohort of members of the Committee, bearing in mind that no decision was taken on the election of members from the Eastern Europe region:
- Leo Andersson (Sweden)
- Hassan Azhar (Maldives)
- Obed Maringo Baloyi (South Africa)
- Jimena Nieto Carrasco (Colombia)
- Keima Gardiner (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Mark Govoni (Switzerland)
- Jennifer Kutesakwe (Uganda)
- Michael Onwona-Kwakye (Ghana)
- Francisco Nelson Linhares de Almeida Júnior (Brazil)
- Sajad Motaharnia (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
- Helga Schrott (Austria)
- Wei Yao (China)