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  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

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  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
2024

Asian Group

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
2024

Eastern European Group

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
2023
2024

Latin American and Caribbean Group

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
2024

Western European and Others Group

[1]

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
2024
  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

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

References

  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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