UN Human Rights Council Elections – 2021 – Table and Analysis

Human Rights Council Elections for term beginning January 1, 2022

Asian Group African Group Latin American and Caribbean Group Eastern European Group Western European and Others Group
Slots reserved for Group 13 (27.7%) 13 (27.7%) 8 (17%) 6 (12.8%) 7 (14.9%)
Number of vacant slots for Group for 2021/2022 5 5 3 2 3
Numbers & names of candidates for each Group 5 (FIXED SLATE)
India
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates 		5 (FIXED SLATE)
Benin
Cameroon
Eritrea
Gambia
Somalia 		3 (FIXED SLATE)
Argentina
Honduras
Paraguay 		2 (FIXED SLATE)
Lithuania
Montenegro 		3 (FIXED SLATE)
Finland
Luxembourg
United States
States rotating off the current Council and not standing again Bahrain
Bangladesh
Fiji
Philippines		 Burkina Faso
Togo 		Bahamas
Uruguay 		Bulgaria
Czech Republic		 Austria
Denmark
Italy
Candidates already on Council and running for reelection 1
India 		3
Cameroon
Eritrea
Somalia 		1
Argentina 		0
 0
Candidates from Group ranked (by Freedom House) Fully Free 0
0
 1 (33%)
Argentina 		1 (50%)
Lithuania 		3 (100%)
Finland
Luxembourg
United States
Candidates which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 4
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates 		4
Benin
Cameroon
Gambia
Somalia 		0 0 0
Candidates from Group making pledges 5
India
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
 2
Cameroon
Eritrea 		3
Argentina
Honduras
Paraguay
 2
Lithuania
Montenegro 		3
Finland
Luxembourg
United States of America
Percentage of candidates from Group making pledges 100% 40% (2/5) 100% 100% 100%
Percentage of Group from the OIC if candidates elected 54% (7/13) 77% (10/13) 0 0 0
Percentage of Group Not Fully Free if candidates elected 77% (10/13) 92% (12/13) 75% (6/8) 67% (4/6) 0