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

African Group

2005  Burkina Faso  Republic of the Congo  Egypt  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Gabon  Guinea  Mauritania  Nigeria  South Africa  Sudan  Swaziland  Togo  Zimbabwe

Asian Group

2005  Bhutan  People's Republic of China  India  Indonesia  Japan  Malaysia    Nepal  Pakistan  Qatar  Republic of 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

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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

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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