UN Human Rights Council Elections – 2023 – Table and Analysis

Human Rights Council Elections for term beginning January 1, 2023

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 2023/2024 4 4 3 2 2
Numbers & names of candidates for each Group 4 (FIXED SLATE)
China
Indonesia
Japan
Kuwait		 4 (FIXED SLATE)
Burundi
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Malawi 		4
Brazil
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Peru 		3
Albania
Bulgaria
Russian Federation 		2 (FIXED SLATE)
France
Netherlands
States rotating off the current Council and not standing again Nepal
Pakistan
Uzbekistan		 Gabon
Senegal		 Bolivia
Mexico 		Czechia
Ukraine		 United Kingdom
Candidates already on Council and running for reelection 1
China 		2
Côte d'Ivoire
Malawi 		1
Cuba 		0
 1
France
Candidates from Group ranked (by Freedom House) Fully Free 1 (25%)
Japan 		1 (25%)
Ghana 		2 (50%)
Brazil
Peru 		1 (33%)
Bulgaria 		2 (100%)
France
Netherlands
Candidates which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 2
Indonesia
Kuwait 		1
Côte d'Ivoire 		0 1
Albania		 0
Candidates from Group making pledges 4
China
Indonesia
Japan
Kuwait
2
Côte d’Ivoire
Malawi 		4
Brazil
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Peru
 2
Albania
Bulgaria 		2
France
Netherlands
Percentage of candidates from Group making pledges 100% 50% (2/4) 100% 66% (2/3) 100%
Percentage of Group from the OIC 69% (9/13) 62% (8/13) 0 17% (1/6) if Albania elected, otherwise 0 0
Percentage of Group Not Fully Free 92% (12/13) 85% (11/13) 50% (4/8) 50% (3/6) 0