UN Human Rights Council Elections – 2025 – Table and Analysis

Human Rights Council Elections for term beginning January 1, 2026

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 2025/2026 4 4 2 2 2
Numbers & names of candidates for each Group 4 (FIXED SLATE)
India
Iraq
Pakistan
Viet Nam 		4 (FIXED SLATE)
Angola
Egypt
Mauritius
South Africa		 2 (FIXED SLATE)
Chile
Ecuador 		2 (FIXED SLATE)
Estonia
Slovenia 		2 (FIXED SLATE)
Italy
United Kingdom
States rotating off the current Council and not standing again Bangladesh
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives 		Algeria
Morocco
Sudan		 Costa Rica Georgia
Romania		 Belgium
Germany
Candidates already on Council and running for reelection 1
Viet Nam 		1
South Africa 		1
Chile 		0
 0
Candidates from Group ranked (by Freedom House) Fully Free 0
2 (50%)
Mauritius
South Africa 		1 (50%)
Chile 		2 (100%)
Estonia
Slovenia 		2 (100%)
Italy
United Kingdom
Candidates which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 2
Iraq
Pakistan 		1
Egypt 		0 0 0
Candidates from Group making pledges 2
India
Iraq
 1
Mauritius
 1
Chile
 2
Estonia
Slovenia 		2
Italy
United Kingdom
Percentage of candidates from Group making pledges 50% (2/4) 25% (1/4) 50% (1/2) 100% 100%
Percentage of Group from the OIC 38% (5/13) 31% (4/13) 0 17% (1/6) 0
Percentage of Group Not Fully Free 69% (9/13) 77% (10/13) 63% (5/8) 33% (2/6) 0