Committee of Experts
The Committee of Experts is the technical part of the MESECVI, responsible for the analysis and evalaution of the implementation of the Convention.
It is composed of independent Experts that are appointed by each of the States Party and serve the MESECVI in a personal capacity.
The responsibilities of the Committee of Experts include:
- Preparing and circulating the questionnaire on the implementation of the Belém do Pará Convention
- Evaluating the State Party responses and formulating recommendations to strengthen the implementation of the Convention
- Producing the national and hemispheric reports
- Identifying and circulating the indicators to measure the implementation of the Belém do Pará Convention
- Producing the follow-up report
In the evaluation of the national reports and the formulation of recommendations, the Committee organizes itself into working groups.
All of the Experts have access to the State responses to the questionnaires, although no Expert participates in the evaluation of her own State Party.
Committee of Experts of the MESECVI
| Antigua and Barbuda Principal Expert: Appointment pending | |
Argentina Principal Expert: Susana Chiarotti | |
Bahamas Principal Expert: Elaine Sands | |
Barbados Principal Expert: Cecilia Babb | |
Belice Principal Expert: Appointment pending | |
Bolivia Principal Expert: Lourdes Montero Justiniano | |
Brasil Principal Expert: Leila Linhares Barsted | |
Chile Principal Expert: Mónica Maureira | |
Colombia Principal Expert: Ángela Margarita Rey Anaya | |
 | Costa Rica Principal Expert: Beatriz Schulthess Fischer |
Dominica Principal Expert: Sylvanie Burton | |
Ecuador Principal Expert: Gloria Camacho Zambrano | |
El Salvador Principal Expert: Tania Camila Rosa | |
Granada Principal Expert: Appointment pending | |
Guatemala Principal Expert: Hilda Morales Trujillo | |
Guyana Principal Expert: Appointment pending | |
Haiti Principal Expert: Mona Jean | |
Honduras Principal Expert: Appointment pending | |
Jamaica Principal Expert: Barbara Bailey – Vice-President of the Committee of Experts | |
Mexico Principal Expert: Teresa Incháustegui | |
Nicaragua Principal Expert: Appointment pending | |
Panama Principal Expert: Aracelly De León De Bernal | |
Paraguay Principal Expert: Pilar Callizo | |
Peru Principal Expert: Marcela Huaita Alegre – President of the Committee of Experts | |
Dominican Republic Principal Expert: Cristina Altagracia Sánchez Martínez | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis Principal Expert: Appointment pending | |
Saint Lucia Principal Expert: Marcia Symphorien | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Principal Expert: Miriam Roache | |
Suriname Principal Expert: Rinette Djokarto | |
Trinidad and Tobago Principal Expert: Sherna Alexander | |
 | Uruguay Principal Expert: Teresa Herrera Sormano |
Venezuela Principal Expert: Appointment pending |