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Inter-American Juridical Committee shall be composed of eleven jurists, nationals of Member States, elected by the General Assembly for a period of four years from panels of three candidates presented by Member States. In the election, a system shall be used that takes into account partial replacement of membership and, insofar as possible, equitable geographic representation. No two Members of the Committee may be nationals of the same State. Vacancies that occur for reasons other than normal expiration of the terms of office of the Members of the Committee shall be filled by the Permanent Council of the Organization in accordance with the criteria set forth in the preceding paragraph [Article 101 of the Charter].

Members

Name	Country	Present term of office
Jean-Paul Hubert	Canada	1/1/2009-31/12/2012
Fabián Novak Talavera (Vice - Chair)	Peru	1/1/2009-31/12/2012
David P. Stewart	United States	1/1/2009-31/12/2012
Miguel Aníbal Pichardo Olivier	Dominican Republic	1/1/2010-31/12/2013
Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra	El Salvador	1/1/2010-31/12/2013
Freddy Castillo Castellanos	Venezuela	1/1/2010-31/12/2013
Hyacinth Evadne Lindsay	Jamaica	1/1/2011-31/12/2014
Joao Clemente Baena Soares (Chair)	Brazil	1/1/2011-31/12/2014
Fernando Gómez Mont Urueta ****	Mexico	4/5/2011-31/12/2014
José Luis Moreno	Ecuador	1/1/2012-31/12/2015
Carlos Alberto Mata Prates	Uruguay	1/1/2012-31/12/2015

**** On May 4 2011 the Permanent Counsel elected by acclamation Licenciado Fernando Gómez Mont Urueta from Mexico to replace Dr. Jorge Palacios Treviño on a mandate that that arrive to an end on December 31 2014.