List of members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

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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

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 Algeria Morocco South Africa
2024 Burundi Ghana
2025  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Ethiopia Kenya

Asia-Pacific 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 Bangladesh Kyrgyzstan Maldives Vietnam
2024 Indonesia Japan Kuwait
2025  Cyprus  Marshall Islands  Qatar South Korea  Thailand

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
2022 Lithuania Montenegro Russia Czech Republic
2023 Czech Republic Georgia Romania
2024 Albania Bulgaria
2025 Czech Republic North Macedonia

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 Chile Costa Rica
2024 Brazil Dominican Republic
2025 Bolivia  Colombia  Mexico

Western European and Others Group

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
2019 Denmark Austria Italy
2020 Germany Netherlands
2021 France United Kingdom
2022 Finland Luxembourg United States
2023 Belgium
2024 Netherlands
2025  Iceland Spain  Switzerland
  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.

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
Comoros African
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
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.

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