Members of the UN Human Rights Commission

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The UN Human Rights Commission was an expert commission of the United Nations to promote and protect human rights binding under international law. It existed from 1946 to 2006 and was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council. The members were elected by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for a three-year period according to a geographical regional key, i.e. H. each region received a certain number of members.

Members by regional group

African group

2005 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo EgyptEgypt Egypt EritreaEritrea Eritrea EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia GabonGabon Gabon Guinea-aGuinea Guinea KenyaKenya Kenya MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania NigeriaNigeria Nigeria South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa SudanSudan Sudan SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland TogoTogo Togo ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe

Asian group

2005 BhutanBhutan Bhutan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China IndiaIndia India IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia JapanJapan Japan MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia NepalNepal Nepal PakistanPakistan Pakistan QatarQatar Qatar Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka

Eastern European group

2005 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia HungaryHungary Hungary RomaniaRomania Romania RussiaRussia Russia UkraineUkraine Ukraine

Latin American and Caribbean group

2005 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina BrazilBrazil Brazil Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica CubaCuba Cuba Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic EcuadorEcuador Ecuador GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala HondurasHonduras Honduras MexicoMexico Mexico ParaguayParaguay Paraguay PeruPeru Peru

Group of Western European and Other States

1990 FranceFrance France ItalyItaly Italy United StatesUnited States United States BelgiumBelgium Belgium CanadaCanada Canada SwedenSweden Sweden GermanyGermany Germany PortugalPortugal Portugal SpainSpain Spain United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1991 GermanyGermany Germany PortugalPortugal Portugal AustraliaAustralia Australia AustriaAustria Austria
1992 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands CanadaCanada Canada United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1993 FranceFrance France FinlandFinland Finland United StatesUnited States United States
1994 GermanyGermany Germany ItalyItaly Italy AustraliaAustralia Australia AustriaAustria Austria
1995 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands CanadaCanada Canada United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1996 FranceFrance France DenmarkDenmark Denmark United StatesUnited States United States
1997 GermanyGermany Germany ItalyItaly Italy IrelandIreland Ireland AustriaAustria Austria
1998 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg CanadaCanada Canada United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1999 FranceFrance France NorwayNorway Norway United StatesUnited States United States
2000 GermanyGermany Germany ItalyItaly Italy PortugalPortugal Portugal SpainSpain Spain
2001 BelgiumBelgium Belgium CanadaCanada Canada United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2002 FranceFrance France SwedenSweden Sweden AustriaAustria Austria
2003 GermanyGermany Germany AustraliaAustralia Australia IrelandIreland Ireland United StatesUnited States United States
2004 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands ItalyItaly Italy United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2005 FranceFrance France FinlandFinland Finland CanadaCanada Canada
2006 GermanyGermany Germany AustraliaAustralia Australia AustriaAustria Austria United StatesUnited States United States

See also

Individual evidence

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

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