List of members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights explained

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

African Group

1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1962
1961
1962
1963 Liberia
1964
1965 Benin
1966
1967
1968 Madagascar
1969 Madagascar
1970 Madagascar
1971
1972 Mauritius
1973
1974 Sierra Leone
1975 Sierra Leone
1976 Sierra Leone
1977 Uganda
1978
1979 Uganda
1980
1981 Zambia
1982 Zambia
1983
1984
1985 Congo
1986 Ethiopia
1987
1988 Ethiopia
1989 Ethiopia
1990 Ethiopia
1991 Ethiopia
1992
1993
1994
1995 Egypt
1996 Egypt
1997 Egypt
1998
1999 Sudan
2000 Sudan
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 South Africa

Asian Group

2005 Bangladesh

Eastern European Group

2005 Ukraine

Latin American and Caribbean Group

2005 Peru

Western European and Others Group

[1]

1990 United Kingdom
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 Canada
2006

Membership by regional group (UNHRC) From 2006

African Group

2006 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 Senegalstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=5 South Africa
2007
2008 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Egyptstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Angolastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Madagascar
2009 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Burkina Faso
2010
2011 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Libyastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Mauritaniastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Uganda
2012 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Beninstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Botswanastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=9 Congo
2013 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Gabonstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Sierra Leonestyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Kenya
2014 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Moroccostyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Algeriastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Namibiastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 South Africa
2015 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Nigeriastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Ghana
2016 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Togostyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Burundi
2017 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Rwandastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Egyptstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Tunisia
2018 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Senegalstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Angola
2019 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Cameroonstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Burkina Fasostyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Somalia
2020 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Namibia
2021 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2022 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2023 Algeria Morocco South Africa
2024 Burundi Ghana

Asia-Pacific Group

2006 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 Jordanstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 Malaysiastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 Saudi Arabiastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Japanstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=5 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=5 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=5
2007
2008 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Qatar
2009 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Bahrain
2010 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Kyrgyzstan
2011 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Thailandstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Malaysiastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Maldives
2012 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Indiastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Kuwaitstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Philippinesstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Indonesia
2013 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Kazakhstanstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Pakistanstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 United Arab Emiratesstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Japan
2014 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Chinastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Saudi Arabiastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2015 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Bangladeshstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Qatar
2016 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Mongoliastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Philippinesstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Kyrgyzstan
2017 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Japanstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Iraq
2018 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Nepalstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Afghanistanstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Pakistan
2019 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Indiastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Bangladeshstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Fijistyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Bahrain
2020 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2021 Chinastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Uzbekistan
2022 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2023style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2" Bangladeshstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2" Kyrgyzstanstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2" Maldivesstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2"
2024 Indonesia Japan Kuwait

Eastern European Group

2006 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 Czech Republic
2007
2008 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Bosnia and Herzegovinastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Slovenia
2009 Slovakia
2010 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Hungary
2011 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Poland
2012 Romaniastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Czech Republic
2013 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Montenegrostyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Estonia
2014 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2015 Albaniastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Latvia
2016 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Sloveniastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Georgia
2017 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Croatiastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Hungary
2018 Slovakiastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Ukraine
2019 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Czech Republicstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Bulgaria
2020 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Armeniastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Poland
2021
2022 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Lithuaniastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Montenegro Czech Republic
2023 Czech Republicstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2" Georgiastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2" Romania
2024 Albania Bulgaria

Latin American and Caribbean Group

2006 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Perustyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2
2007
2008 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Nicaragua
2009 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Argentinastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Chile
2010
2011 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Ecuadorstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Guatemala
2012 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Perustyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Costa Rica
2013 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Argentinastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Brazilstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6
2014 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Cubastyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Mexico
2015 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Paraguaystyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 El Salvadorstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2016 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Ecuadorstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Panama
2017 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Brazil
2018 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Perustyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Chilestyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Mexico
2019 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Argentinastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Bahamasstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Uruguay
2020style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3
2021 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Cuba
2022style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Hondurasstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Paraguay
2023style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2" Chilestyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan="2" Costa Rica
2024style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" Brazilstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" Dominican Republic

Western European and Others Group

2006 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 Francestyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 United Kingdomstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=5 colspan=2 Netherlands
2007
2008 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Italy
2009
2010 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Norwaystyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 United States
2011 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Spainstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=6 colspan=2 Switzerland
2012 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Italystyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Austria
2013 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 Germanystyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Ireland
2014 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=7 United Kingdom
2015 style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Netherlandsstyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Portugal
2016 style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 Belgiumstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 Switzerland
2017 style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=1 colspan=2 United States
2018style='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 Australiastyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=4 Spainstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=1 colspan=1 United Statesstyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan= colspan=1 Iceland
style='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=2 colspan=2 Iceland
2019style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Denmarkstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Austriastyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Italy
2020 Germanystyle='background: #eeffee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 colspan=2 Netherlands
2021 Francestyle='background: #ddeeee; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 United Kingdom
2022style='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Finlandstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 Luxembourgstyle='background: #f7f7c7; ' valign="middle" rowspan=3 United States
2023 Belgium
2024 Netherlands

Non-members

The list is a summary of all countries that have never been a member of United Nations Human Rights Council.[2]

UN Member stateRegional Group
AndorraWEOG
Antigua and BarbudaGRULAC
BarbadosGRULAC
BelarusE. European
BelizeGRULAC
BhutanAsia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
CambodiaAsia-Pacific
African
Central African RepublicAfrican
ChadAfrican
ColombiaGRULAC
ComorosAfrican
CyprusAsia-Pacific
DominicaGRULAC
Equatorial GuineaAfrican
African
GreeceWEOG
GrenadaGRULAC
GuineaAfrican
Guinea-BissauAfrican
GuyanaGRULAC
HaitiGRULAC
Asia-Pacific
IsraelWEOG
JamaicaGRULAC
KiribatiNone
Asia-Pacific
LebanonAsia-Pacific
LesothoAfrican
LiberiaAfrican
LiechtensteinWEOG
MaltaWEOG
Asia-Pacific
MonacoWEOG
MozambiqueAfrican
MyanmarAsia-Pacific
NauruAsia-Pacific
New ZealandWEOG
NigerAfrican
Asia-Pacific
OmanAsia-Pacific
PalauAsia-Pacific
Papua New GuineaAsia-Pacific
Saint Kitts and NevisGRULAC
Saint LuciaGRULAC
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesGRULAC
SamoaAsia-Pacific
San MarinoWEOG
African
SerbiaE. European
SeychellesAfrican
SingaporeAsia-Pacific
Solomon IslandsAsia-Pacific
African
SurinameGRULAC
SwedenWEOG
Asia-Pacific
African
TajikistanAsia-Pacific
Timor-LesteAsia-Pacific
TongaAsia-Pacific
Trinidad and TobagoGRULAC
TurkeyWEOG
TurkmenistanAsia-Pacific
TuvaluAsia-Pacific
VanuatuAsia-Pacific
YemenAsia-Pacific
ZimbabweAfrican

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Statistical Data Appendix
  2. Web site: Human Rights Council Membership . 1 January 2024.

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