UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Biographies (UNHRTBB)

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Reiners, Nina, 2026, "UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Biographies (UNHRTBB)", https://doi.org/10.18710/KUFZVB, DataverseNO, V1

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Description	This dataset compiles biographical and professional information on individuals elected as members of ten United Nations human rights treaty bodies: the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Human Rights Committee (CCPR), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Committee against Torture (CAT), the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT). For each committee member, the dataset records nationality, legal system, region, year of election, dates/duration of term(s), date of birth, gender, education, current profession, and a coded summary of professional background and substantive expertise (see "Specialized formats or other abbreviations used" in the Readme file).
Subject	Law; Social Sciences
Keyword	human rights, United Nations, experts, biographies
Related Publication	Is Cited By: Reiners, Nina. Transnational lawmaking coalitions for human rights. Cambridge University Press, 2022.doi: 10.1017/9781108976763
License/Data Use Agreement	CC BY 4.0

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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.18710/KUFZVB
Publication Date	2026-07-27
Title	UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Biographies (UNHRTBB)
Subtitle	Replication data for "Women, Expert, Other"
Author	https://ror.org/01xtthb56https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3251-0470
Point of Contact	Use email button above to contact. Nina Reiners (University of Oslo)
Description	This dataset compiles biographical and professional information on individuals elected as members of ten United Nations human rights treaty bodies: the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Human Rights Committee (CCPR), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Committee against Torture (CAT), the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT). For each committee member, the dataset records nationality, legal system, region, year of election, dates/duration of term(s), date of birth, gender, education, current profession, and a coded summary of professional background and substantive expertise (see "Specialized formats or other abbreviations used" in the Readme file).
Subject	Law; Social Sciences
Keyword	human rights United Nations experts biographies
Related Publication	Is Cited By: Reiners, Nina. Transnational lawmaking coalitions for human rights. Cambridge University Press, 2022. doi 10.1017/9781108976763 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976763 Is Cited By: Reiners, Nina, and Sara Kahn-Nisser. "A voice or an echo?: women in the UN human rights expert bodies." Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations 30, no. 3-4 (2024): 383-408. doi 10.1163/19426720-03003010 https://doi.org/10.1163/19426720-03003010
Language	English
Producer	University of Oslo (UiO) https://www.uio.no/english/
Contributor	Hosting Institution: University of Potsdam
Funding Information	Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung: 40.17.0.018PO
Distributor	University of Oslo (UiO) https://dataverse.no/dataverse/uio
Depositor	Reiners, Nina
Deposit Date	2026-06-24
Time Period	Start Date: 2007-01-01; End Date: 2020-12-31
Date of Collection	Start Date: 2014-01-01; End Date: 2021-06-30
Data Type	Biographical data
Data Source	www.ohchr.org - Treaty bodies - membership
Characteristic of Sources	Biographies of individuals as submitted for their election to the UN treaty bodies. The CVs are limited to two pages and can be downloaded by clicking on the name of each candidate. The biographies are official UN documents.
Documentation and Access to Sources	Free access via ohchr.org

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