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

African Group

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 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Rwanda Sierra Leone
1977 Egypt Burkina Faso Senegal Lesotho Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Rwanda Nigeria Uganda
1978 Egypt Ivory Coast Senegal Lesotho Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 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 Gambia Rwanda Togo Zimbabwe Algeria Ethiopia Ghana Zambia
1983 Uganda Zaire Senegal Gambia Rwanda Togo Zimbabwe Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mozambique Ghana Tanzania
1984 Cameroon Mauritania Senegal Gambia Rwanda Togo Zimbabwe Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mozambique Kenya Tanzania
1985 Cameroon Mauritania Senegal Gambia Congo Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mozambique Kenya Tanzania
1986 Cameroon Mauritania Senegal Gambia Congo Lesotho Liberia Algeria Mozambique Kenya Ethiopia
1987 Somalia Togo Senegal Gambia Congo Lesotho Liberia Algeria Mozambique Rwanda Ethiopia
1988 Somalia Togo Senegal Gambia Botswana Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe Algeria Mozambique Rwanda Ethiopia
1989 Somalia Togo Senegal Gambia Botswana Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe Morocco Swaziland Rwanda Ethiopia
1990 Somalia Ghana Senegal Gambia Botswana Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe Morocco Swaziland Madagascar Ethiopia
1991 Somalia Ghana Senegal Gambia Burundi Mauritania Zambia Morocco Swaziland Madagascar Ethiopia
1992 Somalia Ghana Senegal Gambia Burundi Mauritania Zambia Tunisia Gabon Madagascar Angola Kenya Lesotho Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Nigeria
1993 Guinea-Bissau Sudan Togo Gambia Burundi Mauritania Zambia Tunisia Gabon Mauritius Angola Kenya Lesotho Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Nigeria
1994 Guinea-Bissau Sudan Togo Malawi Cameroon Mauritania Ivory Coast Tunisia Gabon Mauritius Angola Kenya Lesotho Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo South Africa Algeria Gabon Mali Angola Ethiopia Benin Zimbabwe Egypt
1998 Guinea Madagascar Uganda Mozambique Cape Verde Democratic Republic of the Congo South Africa Botswana Congo Mali Morocco Tunisia Rwanda Senegal Sudan
1999 Mauritius Madagascar Niger Mozambique Cape Verde Democratic Republic of the 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo Liberia Algeria Kenya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Senegal South Africa
2002 Sudan Uganda Togo Nigeria Swaziland Zambia Burundi Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Sierra Leone Algeria Kenya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Senegal South Africa
2003 Sudan Uganda Togo Gabon Swaziland Zimbabwe Burkina Faso Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Sierra Leone Algeria Kenya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 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

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

Eastern European Group

2005 Armenia Hungary Romania Russian Federation Ukraine

Latin American and Caribbean Group

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

Western European and Others Group

[1]

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

African Group

2006 Djibouti Cameroon Mauritius Gabon Senegal Ghana Mali Zambia Algeria Morocco Tunisia Nigeria South Africa
2007
2008 Egypt Angola Madagascar
2009 Burkina Faso
2010
2011 Libya Mauritania Uganda
2012 Benin Botswana Republic of the Congo
2013 Ethiopia Ivory Coast 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
2021


Asian Group

2006 Jordan People's Republic of China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Bahrain Pakistan Philippines South Korea Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Bangladesh
2007
2008  India  Indonesia Qatar  Philippines
2009  Japan  Pakistan  South Korea Bahrain
2010  Jordan  People's Republic of China Kyrgyzstan  Saudi Arabia  Bangladesh
2011 Qatar Malaysia Maldives Thailand
2012 India Kuwait Philippines Indonesia
2013 South Korea Kazakhstan Pakistan United Arab Emirates Japan
2014 People's Republic of China Saudi Arabia  Maldives Vietnam
2015  India Bangladesh Qatar  Indonesia
2016  South Korea Mongolia Philippines  United Arab Emirates Kyrgyzstan
2017  People's Republic of China  Saudi Arabia Japan Iraq
2018   Nepal Afghanistan  Qatar Pakistan
2019 India Bangladesh  Philippines Fiji Bahrain
2020
2021

Eastern European Group

2006 Azerbaijan Poland Romania Russia Ukraine Czech Republic
2007
2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia
2009 Slovakia  Ukraine
2010 Hungary  Russia
2011 Moldova Poland
2012 Romania Czech Republic
2013 Montenegro Estonia
2014 Russia Macedonia
2015 Albania Latvia
2016 Slovenia Georgia
2017 Croatia Hungary
2018 Slovakia Ukraine
2019 Czech Republic Bulgaria
2020
2021

Latin American and Caribbean Group

2006 Argentina Brazil Cuba Ecuador Guatemala Mexico Uruguay Peru
2007
2008 Bolivia Nicaragua
2009  Brazil Argentina Chile
2010  Cuba  Mexico  Uruguay
2011 Ecuador Guatemala
2012 Peru Costa Rica  Chile
2013 Argentina Brazil Venezuela
2014 Cuba Mexico
2015 Paraguay El Salvador Bolivia
2016 Ecuador Panama  Venezuela
2017  Cuba Brazil
2018 Peru Mexico Chile
2019 Argentina Bahamas Uruguay
2020
2021

Western European and Others Group

[1]

2006 Germany Canada  Switzerland France United Kingdom Finland Netherlands
2007
2008 Italy  Netherlands
2009  France  United Kingdom
2010 Belgium Norway United States
2011 Spain  Switzerland
2012 Italy Austria
2013 Germany Ireland  United States
2014 United Kingdom France
2015 Netherlands Portugal
2016  Germany Belgium  Switzerland
2017  United Kingdom United States
2018 Australia Spain United States (left in June 2018)
 Iceland (from 13 July 2018)
2019 Denmark Austria Italy Iceland
2020
2021

Non-members

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

UN Member stateRegional Group
 AndorraWEOG
 Antigua and BarbudaGRULAC
 BarbadosGRULAC
 BelarusE. European
 BelizeGRULAC
 BhutanAsia-Pacific
 BruneiAsia-Pacific
 CambodiaAsia-Pacific
 Cabo VerdeAfrican
 Central African RepublicAfrican
 ChadAfrican
 ColombiaGRULAC
 ComorosAfrican
 CyprusAsia-Pacific
 DominicaGRULAC
 Dominican RepublicGRULAC
 Equatorial GuineaAfrican
 EswatiniAfrican
 GambiaAfrican
 GreeceWEOG
 GrenadaGRULAC
 GuineaAfrican
 Guinea-BissauAfrican
 GuyanaGRULAC
 HaitiGRULAC
 HondurasGRULAC
 IranAsia-Pacific
 IsraelWEOG
 JamaicaGRULAC
 KiribatiNone[lower-alpha 1]
 LaosAsia-Pacific
 LebanonAsia-Pacific
 LesothoAfrican
 LiberiaAfrican
 LiechtensteinWEOG
 LithuaniaE. European
 LuxembourgWEOG
 MaltaWEOG
 MicronesiaAsia-Pacific
 MonacoWEOG
 MozambiqueAfrican
 MyanmarAsia-Pacific
 NauruAsia-Pacific
 New ZealandWEOG
 NigerAfrican
 North KoreaAsia-Pacific
 OmanAsia-Pacific
 PalauAsia-Pacific
 Papua New GuineaAsia-Pacific
 Saint Kitts and NevisGRULAC
 Saint LuciaGRULAC
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesGRULAC
 SamoaAsia-Pacific
 San MarinoWEOG
 São Tomé and PríncipeAfrican
 SerbiaE. European
 SeychellesAfrican
 SingaporeAsia-Pacific
 Solomon IslandsAsia-Pacific
 South SudanAfrican
 SurinameGRULAC
 SwedenWEOG
 SyriaAsia-Pacific
 TanzaniaAfrican
 TajikistanAsia-Pacific
 Timor-LesteAsia-Pacific
 TongaAsia-Pacific
 Trinidad and TobagoGRULAC
 TurkeyWEOG
 TurkmenistanAsia-Pacific
 TuvaluAsia-Pacific
 VanuatuAsia-Pacific
 YemenAsia-Pacific
 ZimbabweAfrican
  1. As of May 2006, Kiribati is not a member of any regional group.

See also

References

  1. Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-8329-5374-4 Statistical Data Appendix
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