Appointment of Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur: Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Head of the Children's Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute and Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Law Faculty, University of the Western Cape, has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for his third term since 2012, starting on 1 March 2021. Prof Mezmur served as Chairperson of the Committee from 2015 to 2017, and as Vice Chairperson from 2013 to 2015.

"It is once again humbling to get the vote of confidence of more than 125 State Parties to the Convention and get re-elected. I plan to continue to contribute, but also benefit from the platform for the purposes of research and advocacy." Prof Benyam D Mezmur