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 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Asian Group 2005
Eastern European Group 2005
Latin American and Caribbean Group 2005
Western European and Others Group Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Statistical Data Appendix 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Membership by regional group (UNHRC) From 2006 African Group 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Asia-Pacific Group 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 202320242025
Eastern European Group 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Latin American and Caribbean Group 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 202320242025
Western European and Others Group
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 202320242025
Non-members
The list is a summary of all countries that have never been a member of United Nations Human Rights Council.
UN Member stateRegional GroupWEOGGRULACGRULACE. EuropeanGRULACAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAfricanAfricanAfricanAfricanGRULACAfricanAfricanWEOGGRULACAfricanAfricanGRULACGRULACAsia-PacificWEOGGRULACNoneAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAfricanAfricanWEOGWEOGAsia-PacificWEOGAfricanAsia-PacificAsia-PacificWEOGAfricanAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAsia-PacificGRULACGRULACGRULACAsia-PacificWEOGAfricanE. EuropeanAfricanAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAfricanGRULACWEOGAsia-PacificAfricanAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAsia-PacificGRULACWEOGAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAsia-PacificAfrican
See also United Nations Regional Groups List of United Nations member states List of members of the United Nations Security Council List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
References
External links Official Document System of the United Nations – source of UN electoral records