Members of the CEDDIS

Members of the Committee for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities

According to Article 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CEDDIS), the Committee shall be composed of one representative and two alternates appointed by each State Party to the Convention.

To maintain proper registration of members and their alternates, States Parties should report to the CEDDIS Technical Secretariat (stceddis@oas.org) the name, personal details and contact information of their representatives as soon as they are appointed, as well as any other change subsequent to its designation (Art. 2 of the Rules of Procedure).

This list includes the countries of the region that have ratified the Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.


NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

 

 

ARGENTINA

 

 

Principal

First Alternate

*Second Vice President*

Second Alternate

 

Sara Angélica Valassina

President,
National Advisory Commission for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS).

 

Mariano Godachevich
Lawyer,
Independent expert.

 

 

Susana Sequeiros
 Director ,
National Advisory Commission for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS)

 

 

BOLIVIA

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 

Gardy Costas Sánchez

Deputy Minister of Equal, Opportunities,
Ministry of Justice.

 

Javier Salguero Aramayo

Director General of Persons with Disabilities,
Ministry of Justice.

 

Calixto Chipana Calizaya

Director General for Employment,
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.

 

 

 

BRAZIL

 

  

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
Antonio Jose Ferreira
General Coordinator for the Promotion of Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic.

 

 
 

Pending designation

Danilo Vergani Machado
General Coordinator of Accessibility,
Human Rights Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic. 

 

       CHILE

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 

Daniel Concha Gamboa
National Director,
National Disability Service, SENADIS.

 


Viviana Ávila Silva
Deputy Director,
National Disability Service, SENADIS.

 

 

 Pending designation

 

 

COLOMBIA

 

 

* President *

First Alternate

Second Alternate


Juan Pablo Salazar Salamanca
President of the National Council on Disability, CNDH, and Advidor for the Presidential Plan for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities.


Juan Carlos Corredor Pontiga
Head of the Office of Social Promotion of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Health representative to the National Council on Disability, CND.
 

 

Salam Alexis Gomez
Executive Director of Fundamental Colombia and representative of persons with psychosocial disabilities in Colombia before the National Council on Disability, CND.

 

 

 

COSTA RICA

 

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
 Keylor López Rodríguez President of the Board of Directors,
National Council for Persons with Disabilities, CONAPDIS.

 

 

Erika Ramirez Alvarez
Director, Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica; Permanent spokeswoman on disability issues in the Social and Presidential Council, and Coordinator of the Consultative Council of People with Disabilities.

 

 
 Damaris Solano Murillo
 Civil Society representative on the Board of the National Council of Persons with Disabilities. Expert on human rights issues of Persons with disabilities.

 

 

ECUADOR

 

 

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
Lenín Moreno Garcés
Former President,
National Council for Disabilities, CONADIS.

 

Xavier Torres

Vice-President,
National Council for
Disabilities, CONADIS.

Coordinator of the National Federations of/for disability of Ecuador.

 

 

Giovanny Rivadeneira

Attorney,
National Council
Disabilities CONADIS. 

 

 

 

EL SALVADOR

 

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
Jesus Martinez
President,
National Council for Comprehensive Care for People with Disabilities, CONAIPD.
 

 
Ana Daysi Villalobos Membreño
Deputy Minister of Interior and Territorial Development,
President pro Tempore
National Council for Comprehensive Care for Persons with Disabilities, CONAIPD.
 

 
Vilma Mercedes Zaldaña de Chiquillo
Executive Director,
National Council for Comprehensive Care for People with Disabilities, CONAIPD.

 

 

 

GUATEMALA

 

 

Principal

*First Vice President*

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
Miriam Noemí Leal de Stwolinsky
Treasurer,
National Council for the Assistance of Persons with Disabilities, CONADI.

 
Julio Roberto Bámaca Delgado
Principal representative for the organizations of person with hearing disability, National Council for the Assistance of Persons with Disabilities, CONADI.
 

 

Ana Verónica Simaj

Representative of the Guatemalan Social Security Institute

 

 

HAITI

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 

Gerald Oriol Jr.

Secrétaire d'Etat,

Bureau du Secrétaire d'Etat à l'Intégrationdes Personnes Handicapées (BSEIPH).

 

 

Pending designation

 

 

Pending designation

 

 

 

MEXICO

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 

Mercedes Juan López
Director General
National Council for Development and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, (CONADIS)

 

Alicia Loza García Formentí
Director of International Affairs and Autonomous Bodies,
National Council for Development and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, CONADIS.

 

 

María Juana Soto Santana

Deputy Director for Training and Inclusion,
National Council for Persons with Disabilities, CONADIS.

 

  NICARAGUA

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 

Pending designation

 

 

Pending designation

 

Pending designation

 

     PANAMA

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
Nélida Ortiz de Loiza
 General Director,
National Secretariat of Disability (SENADIS).
 

 

Magali Díaz Aguirre
Deputy Director,
National Secretariat of Disability (SENADIS).
 

 

Ana Fisher
President,

Totus Tuus Foundation.

 

 PARAGUAY

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
Diego Manuel Samaniego
Minister,
National Secretariat for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, SENADIS.

 

Sergio Adrian Alvarez Gonzalez
Director of Cabinet,
National Secretariat for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, SENADIS. 

 

 

 

 Pending designation

 

 

 

 

     PERU

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
 Mario Gilberto Ríos Espinoza
Deputy Minister of vulnerable populations and President,
National Council for Integration of Persons with Disabilities, CONADIS.
 

 

Yesica Fonseca
Alternate Representative,
Permanent Mission of Peru to the Organization of American States, OAS.

 
 Rosa Beatriz Arteaga Sato Secretary General,
National Council for Integration of Persons with Disabilities, CONADIS.

 

 

DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
 Magino Corporán Lorenzo
Director,
National Council on Disability, CONADIS.

 
Darío G. Kelly de los Santos
Coordinator of the Ethic Commission/Advisor for the Executive Direction,
National Council on Disability, CONADIS.

 

 


Pending designation

 

 URUGUAY

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
 Maria Begona Grau
Director,

National Program on Disability (MIDES).

 

Paul Marrero
Advisor,

National Program on Disability (MIDES) .

 

Pending designation

 

 

 

VENEZUELA

 

Principal

First Alternate

Second Alternate

 
Lenín Molina Peñaloza
President,
Latin American Network of Nongovernmental Organizations of Persons with Disability and their Families, RIADIS-Venezuela,

 
Victor A. Baute
International Relations Coordinator,
National Council for Persons with Disabilities, CONAPDIS,

 
 

Pending designation