List of members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
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The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2006. It was a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which elected members through the mechanism of the United Nations Regional Groups.
Membership by regional group (UNCHR) until 2005[edit]
African Group[edit]
Asian Group[edit]
2005 | Bhutan | People's Republic of China | India | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Nepal | Pakistan | Qatar | South Korea | Saudi Arabia | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh |
Eastern European Group[edit]
2005 | Armenia | Hungary | Romania | Russian Federation | Ukraine |
Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]
2005 | Argentina | Brazil | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Paraguay | Peru |
Western European and Others Group[edit]
1990 | France | Italy | United States | Belgium | Canada | Sweden | Germany | Portugal | Spain | United Kingdom |
1991 | Germany | Portugal | Australia | Austria | ||||||
1992 | Netherlands | Canada | United Kingdom | |||||||
1993 | France | Finland | United States | |||||||
1994 | Germany | Italy | Australia | Austria | ||||||
1995 | Netherlands | Canada | United Kingdom | |||||||
1996 | France | Denmark | United States | |||||||
1997 | Germany | Italy | Ireland | Austria | ||||||
1998 | Luxembourg | Canada | United Kingdom | |||||||
1999 | France | Norway | United States | |||||||
2000 | Germany | Italy | Portugal | Spain | ||||||
2001 | Belgium | Canada | United Kingdom | |||||||
2002 | France | Sweden | Austria | |||||||
2003 | Germany | Australia | Ireland | United States | ||||||
2004 | Netherlands | Italy | United Kingdom | |||||||
2005 | France | Finland | Canada | |||||||
2006 | Germany | Australia | Austria | United States |
Membership by regional group (UNHRC) From 2006[edit]
African Group[edit]
2006 | Djibouti | Cameroon | Mauritius | Senegal | Nigeria | Gabon | Ghana | Mali | Zambia | Algeria | Morocco | Tunisia | South Africa |
2007 | |||||||||||||
2008 | Egypt | Angola | Madagascar | ||||||||||
2009 | Burkina Faso | ||||||||||||
2010 | |||||||||||||
2011 | Libya | Mauritania | Uganda | ||||||||||
2012 | Benin | Botswana | Congo | ||||||||||
2013 | Ethiopia | Côte d'Ivoire | Gabon | Sierra Leone | Kenya | ||||||||
2014 | Morocco | Algeria | Namibia | South Africa | |||||||||
2015 | Nigeria | Ghana | |||||||||||
2016 | Togo | Burundi | |||||||||||
2017 | Rwanda | Egypt | Tunisia | ||||||||||
2018 | Senegal | Angola | |||||||||||
2019 | Eritrea | Cameroon | Burkina Faso | Somalia | |||||||||
2020 | Libya | Mauritania | Sudan | Namibia | |||||||||
2021 | Côte d'Ivoire | Malawi | Gabon | ||||||||||
2022 | Benin | Eritrea | Gambia | ||||||||||
2023 | Algeria | Morocco | South Africa | ||||||||||
2024 | Burundi | Ghana |
Asia-Pacific Group[edit]
2006 | Jordan | China | Malaysia | Saudi Arabia | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Japan | South Korea | Sri Lanka | India | Indonesia | Bahrain | Philippines
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2007 | |||||||||||||
2008 | Qatar | ||||||||||||
2009 | Bahrain | ||||||||||||
2010 | Kyrgyzstan | ||||||||||||
2011 | Thailand | Malaysia | Maldives | ||||||||||
2012 | India | Kuwait | Philippines | Indonesia | |||||||||
2013 | South Korea | Kazakhstan | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates | Japan | ||||||||
2014 | China | Saudi Arabia | Vietnam | ||||||||||
2015 | Bangladesh | Qatar | |||||||||||
2016 | Mongolia | Philippines | Kyrgyzstan | ||||||||||
2017 | Japan | Iraq | |||||||||||
2018 | Nepal | Afghanistan | Pakistan | ||||||||||
2019 | India | Bangladesh | Fiji | Bahrain | |||||||||
2020 | Indonesia | Marshall Islands | South Korea | ||||||||||
2021 | China | Uzbekistan | |||||||||||
2022 | Kazakhstan | Malaysia | Qatar | United Arab Emirates | |||||||||
2023 | Bangladesh | Kyrgyzstan | Maldives | Vietnam | |||||||||
2024 | Indonesia | Japan | Kuwait |
Eastern European Group[edit]
2006 | Azerbaijan | Russia | Romania | Ukraine | Poland | Czech Republic | |
2007 | |||||||
2008 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Slovenia | |||||
2009 | Slovakia | ||||||
2010 | Hungary | ||||||
2011 | Moldova | Poland | |||||
2012 | Romania | Czech Republic | |||||
2013 | Montenegro | Estonia | |||||
2014 | Russia | North Macedonia | |||||
2015 | Albania | Latvia | |||||
2016 | Slovenia | Georgia | |||||
2017 | Croatia | Hungary | |||||
2018 | Slovakia | Ukraine | |||||
2019 | Czech Republic | Bulgaria | |||||
2020 | Armenia | Poland | |||||
2021 | | ||||||
2022 | Lithuania | Montenegro | | Czech Republic | |||
2023 | Czech Republic | Georgia | Romania | ||||
2024 | Albania | Bulgaria |
Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]
2006 | Mexico | Uruguay | Cuba | Brazil | Guatemala | Peru | Argentina | Ecuador |
2007 | ||||||||
2008 | Bolivia | Nicaragua | ||||||
2009 | Argentina | Chile | ||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2011 | Ecuador | Guatemala | ||||||
2012 | Peru | Costa Rica | ||||||
2013 | Argentina | Brazil | Venezuela | |||||
2014 | Cuba | Mexico | ||||||
2015 | Paraguay | El Salvador | Bolivia | |||||
2016 | Ecuador | Panama | ||||||
2017 | Brazil | |||||||
2018 | Peru | Chile | Mexico | |||||
2019 | Argentina | Bahamas | Uruguay | |||||
2020 | Venezuela | |||||||
2021 | Bolivia | Cuba | ||||||
2022 | Honduras | Paraguay | ||||||
2023 | Chile | Costa Rica | ||||||
2024 | Brazil | Dominican Republic |
Western European and Others Group[edit]
2006 | Germany | Canada | Switzerland | France | United Kingdom | Finland | Netherlands | |
2007 | ||||||||
2008 | Italy | |||||||
2009 | ||||||||
2010 | Belgium | Norway | United States | |||||
2011 | Spain | Switzerland | ||||||
2012 | Italy | Austria | ||||||
2013 | Germany | Ireland | ||||||
2014 | United Kingdom | |||||||
2015 | Netherlands | Portugal | ||||||
2016 | Belgium | Switzerland | ||||||
2017 | United States | |||||||
2018 | Australia | Spain | United States | Iceland | ||||
Iceland[b] | ||||||||
2019 | Denmark | Austria | Italy | |||||
2020 | Germany | Netherlands | ||||||
2021 | France | United Kingdom | ||||||
2022 | Finland | Luxembourg | United States | |||||
2023 | Belgium | |||||||
2024 | Netherlands |
- ^ Membership suspended from the Council by UN General Assembly Resolution ES-11/3 following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ The United States left the council in June 2018. Iceland finished the USA's term.[2]
Non-members[edit]
The list is a summary of all countries that have never been a member of United Nations Human Rights Council.[3]
UN Member state | Regional Group |
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Andorra | WEOG |
Antigua and Barbuda | GRULAC |
Barbados | GRULAC |
Belarus | E. European |
Belize | GRULAC |
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