UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Current Membership of the Human Rights Council, 1 January - 31 December 2015 by regional groups
Year in parentheses indicates when the term of membership expires.
VERNE STRICKLAND: March 17, 2015
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE LISTED NATIONS BEING FULL-FLEDGED VOTING MEMBERS OF SOMETHING CALLED "THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL"?
I DO. THERE ARE MANY. BUT I'D BE WORRIED ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES LIKE THESE:
ALGERIA, CONGO, GHANA, KENYA, NIGERIA, BOLIVIA, CUBA, EL SALVADOR, MEXICO, VENEZUELA, BANGLADESH, CHINA, VIET NAM, ALBANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC, NETHERLANDS.
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Current Membership of the Human Rights Council, 1 January - 31 December 2015 by regional groups
Year in parentheses indicates when the term of membership expires.AFRICAN STATES | LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STATES |
| Algeria (2016) Botswana (2017) Congo (2017) Côte d’Ivoire (2015) Ethiopia (2015) Gabon (2015) Ghana (2017) Kenya (2015) Morocco (2016) Namibia (2016) Nigeria (2017) Sierra Leone (2015) South Africa (2016) | Argentina (2015) Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2017) Brazil (2015) Cuba (2016) El Salvador (2017) Mexico (2016) Paraguay (2017) Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (2015) |
ASIA-PACIFIC STATES | WESTERN EUROPE & OTHER STATES |
| Bangladesh (2017) China (2016) India (2017) Indonesia (2017) Japan (2015) Kazakhstan (2015) Maldives (2016) Pakistan (2015) Qatar (2017) Republic of Korea (2015) Saudi Arabia (2016) United Arab Emirates (2015) Viet Nam (2016) | France (2016) Germany (2015) Ireland (2015) Netherlands (2017) Portugal (2017) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2016) United States of America (2015) |
EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES | |
| Albania (2017) Estonia (2015) Latvia (2017) Montenegro (2015) Russian Federation (2016) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2016) |
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