List of members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

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

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African Group

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1947   Egypt
1948   Egypt
1949   Egypt
1950   Egypt
1951   Egypt
1952   Egypt
1953   Egypt
1954   Egypt
1955   Egypt
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1962
1961
1962
1963   Liberia
1964   Liberia   Benin
1965   Liberia   Benin
1966   Somalia   Benin   Senegal
1967   Egypt   Benin   Senegal   Congo   Morocco   Nigeria   Tanzania
1968   Egypt   Benin   Senegal   Congo   Morocco   Nigeria   Madagascar
1969   Egypt   Mauritania   Senegal   Congo   Morocco   Nigeria   Madagascar
1970   Egypt   Mauritania   Senegal   Congo   Morocco   Ghana   Madagascar
1971   Egypt   Mauritania   Senegal   Congo   Morocco   Ghana   Mauritius
1972   Egypt   Nigeria   Senegal   Zaire   Morocco   Ghana   Mauritius
1973   Egypt   Nigeria   Senegal   Zaire   Tunisia   Ghana   Mauritius
1974   Egypt   Nigeria   Senegal   Zaire   Tunisia   Ghana   Sierra Leone
1975   Egypt   Burkina Faso   Senegal   Zaire   Tunisia   Ghana   Sierra Leone
1976   Egypt   Burkina Faso   Senegal   Lesotho   Libya   Rwanda   Sierra Leone
1977   Egypt   Burkina Faso   Senegal   Lesotho   Libya   Rwanda   Nigeria   Uganda
1978   Egypt   Ivory Coast   Senegal   Lesotho   Libya   Rwanda   Nigeria   Uganda
1979   Egypt   Ivory Coast   Senegal   Benin   Morocco   Burundi   Nigeria   Uganda
1980   Egypt   Ivory Coast   Senegal   Benin   Morocco   Burundi   Nigeria   Algeria   Ethiopia   Ghana   Zambia
1981   Uganda   Zaire   Senegal   Benin   Morocco   Burundi   Nigeria   Algeria   Ethiopia   Ghana   Zambia
1982   Uganda   Zaire   Senegal   The Gambia   Rwanda   Togo   Zimbabwe   Algeria   Ethiopia   Ghana   Zambia
1983   Uganda   Zaire   Senegal   The Gambia   Rwanda   Togo   Zimbabwe   Libya   Mozambique   Ghana   Tanzania
1984   Cameroon   Mauritania   Senegal   The Gambia   Rwanda   Togo   Zimbabwe   Libya   Mozambique   Kenya   Tanzania
1985   Cameroon   Mauritania   Senegal   The Gambia   Congo   Lesotho   Liberia   Libya   Mozambique   Kenya   Tanzania
1986   Cameroon   Mauritania   Senegal   The Gambia   Congo   Lesotho   Liberia   Algeria   Mozambique   Kenya   Ethiopia
1987   Somalia   Togo   Senegal   The Gambia   Congo   Lesotho   Liberia   Algeria   Mozambique   Rwanda   Ethiopia
1988   Somalia   Togo   Senegal   The Gambia   Botswana   Nigeria   Sao Tome and Principe   Algeria   Mozambique   Rwanda   Ethiopia
1989   Somalia   Togo   Senegal   The Gambia   Botswana   Nigeria   Sao Tome and Principe   Morocco   Swaziland   Rwanda   Ethiopia
1990   Somalia   Ghana   Senegal   The Gambia   Botswana   Nigeria   Sao Tome and Principe   Morocco   Swaziland   Madagascar   Ethiopia
1991   Somalia   Ghana   Senegal   The Gambia   Burundi   Mauritania   Zambia   Morocco   Swaziland   Madagascar   Ethiopia
1992   Somalia   Ghana   Senegal   The Gambia   Burundi   Mauritania   Zambia   Tunisia   Gabon   Madagascar   Angola   Kenya   Lesotho   Libya   Nigeria
1993   Guinea-Bissau   Sudan   Togo   The Gambia   Burundi   Mauritania   Zambia   Tunisia   Gabon   Mauritius   Angola   Kenya   Lesotho   Libya   Nigeria
1994   Guinea-Bissau   Sudan   Togo   Malawi   Cameroon   Mauritania   Ivory Coast   Tunisia   Gabon   Mauritius   Angola   Kenya   Lesotho   Libya   Nigeria
1995   Guinea-Bissau   Sudan   Togo   Malawi   Cameroon   Mauritania   Ivory Coast   Algeria   Gabon   Mauritius   Angola   Ethiopia   Benin   Zimbabwe   Egypt
1996   Guinea   Madagascar   Uganda   Malawi   Cameroon   Mauritania   Ivory Coast   Algeria   Gabon   Mali   Angola   Ethiopia   Benin   Zimbabwe   Egypt
1997   Guinea   Madagascar   Uganda   Mozambique   Cape Verde   DR Congo   South Africa   Algeria   Gabon   Mali   Angola   Ethiopia   Benin   Zimbabwe   Egypt
1998   Guinea   Madagascar   Uganda   Mozambique   Cape Verde   DR Congo   South Africa   Botswana   Congo   Mali   Morocco   Tunisia   Rwanda   Senegal   Sudan
1999   Mauritius   Madagascar   Niger   Mozambique   Cape Verde   DR Congo   South Africa   Botswana   Congo   Liberia   Morocco   Tunisia   Rwanda   Senegal   Sudan
2000   Mauritius   Madagascar   Niger   Nigeria   Swaziland   Zambia   Burundi   Botswana   Congo   Liberia   Morocco   Tunisia   Rwanda   Senegal   Sudan
2001   Mauritius   Madagascar   Niger   Nigeria   Swaziland   Zambia   Burundi   Cameroon   DR Congo   Liberia   Algeria   Kenya   Libya   Senegal   South Africa
2002   Sudan   Uganda   Togo   Nigeria   Swaziland   Zambia   Burundi   Cameroon   DR Congo   Sierra Leone   Algeria   Kenya   Libya   Senegal   South Africa
2003   Sudan   Uganda   Togo   Gabon   Swaziland   Zimbabwe   Burkina Faso   Cameroon   DR Congo   Sierra Leone   Algeria   Kenya   Libya   Senegal   South Africa
2004   Sudan   Uganda   Togo   Gabon   Swaziland   Zimbabwe   Burkina Faso   Congo   Eritrea   Ethiopia   Egypt   Mauritania   Nigeria   Sierra Leone   South Africa
2005   Sudan   Kenya   Togo   Gabon   Swaziland   Zimbabwe   Burkina Faso   Congo   Eritrea   Ethiopia   Egypt   Mauritania   Nigeria   Guinea   South Africa

Asian Group

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2005   Bhutan   People's Republic of China   India   Indonesia   Japan   Malaysia     Nepal   Pakistan   Qatar   South Korea   Saudi Arabia   Sri Lanka   Bangladesh

Eastern European Group

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2005   Armenia   Hungary   Romania   Russian Federation   Ukraine

Latin American and Caribbean Group

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2005   Argentina   Brazil   Costa Rica   Cuba   Dominican Republic   Ecuador   Guatemala   Honduras   Mexico   Paraguay   Peru

Western European and Others Group

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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

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African Group

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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

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2006   Jordan   China   Malaysia   Saudi Arabia   Bangladesh   Pakistan   Japan   South Korea   Sri Lanka   India   Indonesia   Bahrain   Philippines


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

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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   Russia[a]
2022   Lithuania   Montenegro   Russia   Czech Republic
2023   Czech Republic   Georgia   Romania
2024   Albania   Bulgaria

Latin American and Caribbean Group

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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

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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
  1. ^ Membership suspended from the Council by UN General Assembly Resolution ES-11/3 following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ The United States left the council in June 2018. Iceland finished the USA's term.[2]

Non-members

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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
  Andorra WEOG
  Antigua and Barbuda GRULAC
  Barbados GRULAC
  Belarus E. European
  Belize GRULAC
  Bhutan Asia-Pacific
  Brunei Asia-Pacific
  Cambodia Asia-Pacific
  Cabo Verde African
  Central African Republic African
  Chad African
  Colombia GRULAC
  Comoros African
  Cyprus Asia-Pacific
  Dominica GRULAC
  Equatorial Guinea African
  Eswatini African
  Greece WEOG
  Grenada GRULAC
  Guinea African
  Guinea-Bissau African
  Guyana GRULAC
  Haiti GRULAC
  Iran Asia-Pacific
  Israel WEOG
  Jamaica GRULAC
  Kiribati None[a]
  Laos Asia-Pacific
  Lebanon Asia-Pacific
  Lesotho African
  Liberia African
  Liechtenstein WEOG
  Malta WEOG
  Micronesia Asia-Pacific
  Monaco WEOG
  Mozambique African
  Myanmar Asia-Pacific
  Nauru Asia-Pacific
  New Zealand WEOG
  Niger African
  North Korea Asia-Pacific
  Oman Asia-Pacific
  Palau Asia-Pacific
  Papua New Guinea Asia-Pacific
  Saint Kitts and Nevis GRULAC
  Saint Lucia GRULAC
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines GRULAC
  Samoa Asia-Pacific
  San Marino WEOG
  São Tomé and Príncipe African
  Serbia E. European
  Seychelles African
  Singapore Asia-Pacific
  Solomon Islands Asia-Pacific
  South Sudan African
  Suriname GRULAC
  Sweden WEOG
  Syria Asia-Pacific
  Tanzania African
  Tajikistan Asia-Pacific
  Timor-Leste Asia-Pacific
  Tonga Asia-Pacific
  Trinidad and Tobago GRULAC
  Turkey WEOG
  Turkmenistan Asia-Pacific
  Tuvalu Asia-Pacific
  Vanuatu Asia-Pacific
  Yemen Asia-Pacific
  Zimbabwe African
  1. ^ As of May 2006, Kiribati is not a member of any regional group.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-8329-5374-4 Statistical Data Appendix
  2. ^ Dwyer, Colin (19 June 2018). "U.S. Announces Its Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights Council". NPR. Washington. Retrieved 6 Jan 2022.
  3. ^ "Human Rights Council Membership". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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