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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
**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
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
**2006**
Germany
Australia
Austria
United States
Membership by regional group (UNHRC) From 2006
African Group
**2025**
Kenya
Asia-Pacific Group
**2025**
Republic of Korea
Eastern European Group
**2025**
Czech Republic
North Macedonia
Latin American and Caribbean Group
**2025**
Bolivia
Western European and Others Group
**2025**
Spain
Switzerland
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
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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
References
References
Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). ''Western Democracies in the UN'', Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5374-4 [https://www.bgss.hu-berlin.de/people/students/nicolas_scharioth Statistical Data Appendix]
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