Members

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 and Present term of office)

• Joao Clemente Baena Soares (Chair)
  Brazil - 1/1/2011-31/12/2014

• Fabián Novak Talavera (Vice - Chair)
  Peru - 1/1/2013-31/12/2016

• Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra
  El Salvador - 1/1/2010-31/12/2013

• Miguel Aníbal Pichardo Olivier
  Dominican Republic - 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

• 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

• David P. Stewart
  United States - 1/1/2009-31/12/2012

• Gélin Imanès Collot*****
  Haiti - 1/1/2013-31/12/2016

***** On June 5 2012 the Permanent Counsel elected by acclamation Dr. Gélin Imanès Collot from Haiti, and re-elected Dr. David P. Stewart from United States and Dr. Fabian Novak Talavera from Peru, whose mandates extend from 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2016.

**** 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.