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
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Eastern European Group[edit]
| 2005 |  Armenia |
 Hungary |
 Romania |
 Russian Federation |
 Ukraine
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Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]
| 2005 |  Argentina |
 Brazil |
 Costa Rica |
 Cuba |
 Dominican Republic |
 Ecuador |
 Guatemala |
 Honduras |
 Mexico |
 Paraguay |
 Peru
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Western European and Others Group[edit]
| 1990 |  France |
 Italy |
 United States |
 Belgium |
 Canada |
 Sweden |
 Germany |
 Portugal |
 Spain |
 United Kingdom
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| 1991 | Germany |
Portugal |
 Australia |
 Austria
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| 1992 |  Netherlands |
Canada |
United Kingdom
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| 1993 | France |
 Finland |
United States
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| 1994 | Germany |
Italy |
Australia |
Austria
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| 1995 | Netherlands |
Canada |
United Kingdom
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| 1996 | France |
 Denmark |
United States
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| 1997 | Germany |
Italy |
 Ireland |
Austria
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| 1998 |  Luxembourg |
Canada |
United Kingdom
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| 1999 | France |
 Norway |
United States
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| 2000 | Germany |
Italy |
Portugal |
Spain
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| 2001 | Belgium |
Canada |
United Kingdom
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| 2002 | France |
Sweden |
Austria
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| 2003 | Germany |
Australia |
Ireland |
United States
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| 2004 | Netherlands |
Italy |
United Kingdom
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| 2005 | France |
Finland |
Canada
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| 2006 | Germany |
Australia |
Austria |
United States
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Membership by regional group (UNHRC) From 2006[edit]
African Group[edit]
| 2006 |  Djibouti
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 Cameroon
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 Mauritius
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 Senegal
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 Nigeria
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 Gabon
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 Ghana
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 Mali
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 Zambia
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 Algeria
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 Morocco
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 Tunisia
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 South Africa
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| 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 |  Egypt
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 Angola
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 Madagascar
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| 2009 |  Burkina Faso
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| 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Libya
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 Mauritania
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 Uganda
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| 2012 |  Benin
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 Botswana
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 Congo
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| 2013 |  Ethiopia
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 Côte d'Ivoire
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Gabon
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 Sierra Leone
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 Kenya
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| 2014 | Morocco
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Algeria
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 Namibia
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South Africa
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| 2015 | Nigeria
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Ghana
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| 2016 |  Togo
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 Burundi
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| 2017 |  Rwanda
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Egypt
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Tunisia
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| 2018 | Senegal
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Angola
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| 2019 |  Eritrea
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Cameroon
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Burkina Faso
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 Somalia
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| 2020 | Libya
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Mauritania
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 Sudan
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Namibia
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| 2021 | Côte d'Ivoire
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 Malawi
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Gabon
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| 2022 | Benin
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Eritrea
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 Gambia
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| 2024 |
Asian Group[edit]
| 2006 |  Jordan
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China
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Malaysia
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Saudi Arabia
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Bangladesh
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Pakistan
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Japan
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South Korea
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Sri Lanka
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India
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Indonesia
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 Bahrain
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 Philippines
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| 2008 | Qatar
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| 2009 | Bahrain
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| 2010 |  Kyrgyzstan
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| 2011 |  Thailand
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Malaysia
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 Maldives
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| 2012 | India
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 Kuwait
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Philippines
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Indonesia
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| 2013 | South Korea
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 Kazakhstan
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Pakistan
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 United Arab Emirates
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Japan
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| 2014 | China
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Saudi Arabia
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 Vietnam
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| 2015 | Bangladesh
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Qatar
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| 2016 |  Mongolia
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Philippines
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Kyrgyzstan
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| 2017 | Japan
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 Iraq
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| 2018 | Nepal
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 Afghanistan
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Pakistan
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| 2019 | India
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Bangladesh
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 Fiji
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Bahrain
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| 2020 | Indonesia
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 Marshall Islands
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South Korea
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| 2021 | China
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 Uzbekistan
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| 2022 | Kazakhstan
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Malaysia
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Qatar
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United Arab Emirates
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| 2023 | |||||||||||||
| 2024 |
Eastern European Group[edit]
| 2006 |  Azerbaijan
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Russia
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Romania
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Ukraine
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 Poland
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 Czech Republic
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| 2007 | ||||||
| 2008 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 Slovenia
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| 2009 |  Slovakia
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| 2010 | Hungary
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| 2011 |  Moldova
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Poland
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| 2012 | Romania
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Czech Republic
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| 2013 |  Montenegro
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 Estonia
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| 2014 | Russia
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 North Macedonia
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| 2015 |  Albania
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 Latvia
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| 2016 | Slovenia
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 Georgia
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| 2017 |  Croatia
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Hungary
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| 2018 | Slovakia
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Ukraine
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| 2019 | Czech Republic
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 Bulgaria
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| 2020 | Armenia
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Poland
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| 2021 | | |||||
| 2022 |  Lithuania
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Montenegro
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| 2023 | ||||||
| 2024 |
Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]
| 2006 | Mexico
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 Uruguay
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Cuba
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Brazil
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Guatemala
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Peru
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Argentina
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Ecuador
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| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 |  Bolivia
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 Nicaragua
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| 2009 | Argentina
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 Chile
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| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2011 | Ecuador
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Guatemala
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| 2012 | Peru
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Costa Rica
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| 2013 | Argentina
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Brazil
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 Venezuela
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| 2014 | Cuba
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Mexico
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| 2015 | Paraguay
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 El Salvador
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Bolivia
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| 2016 | Ecuador
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 Panama
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| 2017 | Brazil
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| 2018 | Peru
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Chile
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Mexico
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| 2019 | Argentina
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 Bahamas
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Uruguay
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| 2020 | Venezuela
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| 2021 | Bolivia
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Cuba
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| 2022 | Honduras
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Paraguay
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| 2023 | ||||||||
| 2024 |
Western European and Others Group[edit]
| 2006 | Germany
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Canada
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 Switzerland
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France
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United Kingdom
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Finland
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Netherlands
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| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 | Italy
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| 2009 | ||||||||
| 2010 | Belgium
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Norway
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United States
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| 2011 | Spain
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Switzerland
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| 2012 | Italy
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Austria
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| 2013 | Germany
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Ireland
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| 2014 | United Kingdom
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| 2015 | Netherlands
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Portugal
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| 2016 | Belgium
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Switzerland
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| 2017 | United States
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| 2018 | Australia
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Spain
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United States
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 Iceland
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| Iceland[b]
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| 2019 | Denmark
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Austria
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Italy
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| 2020 | Germany
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Netherlands
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| 2021 | France
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United Kingdom
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| 2022 | Finland
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Luxembourg
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United States
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| 2023 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
- ^ 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 |
|---|---|
 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 |
- ^ As of May 2006, Kiribati is not a member of any regional group.
See also[edit]
- United Nations Regional Groups
- List of United Nations member states
- List of members of the United Nations Security Council
- List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
References[edit]
- ^ a b Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-8329-5374-4 Statistical Data Appendix
- ^ Dwyer, Colin (19 June 2018). "U.S. Announces Its Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights Council". NPR. Washington. Retrieved 6 Jan 2022.
- ^ "Human Rights Council Membership". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official Document System of the United Nations – source of UN electoral records