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
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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
| 1990 |  France |  Italy |  United States | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |  Sweden |  Germany |  Portugal |  Spain |  United Kingdom |
| 1991 | Germany | Portugal | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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
| 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 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 |
| Dominican Republic | GRULAC |
 Equatorial Guinea | African |
 Eswatini | African |
 Gambia | African |
 Greece | WEOG |
 Grenada | GRULAC |
 Guinea | African |
 Guinea-Bissau | African |
 Guyana | GRULAC |
 Haiti | GRULAC |
| Honduras | GRULAC |
 Iran | Asia-Pacific |
 Israel | WEOG |
 Jamaica | GRULAC |
 Kiribati | None[lower-alpha 1] |
 Laos | Asia-Pacific |
 Lebanon | Asia-Pacific |
 Lesotho | African |
 Liberia | African |
 Liechtenstein | WEOG |
 Lithuania | E. European |
| Luxembourg | 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
References
- Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-8329-5374-4 Statistical Data Appendix
External links
- Official Document System of the United Nations – source of UN electoral records
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