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Human Rights Council Elections 2024: discussions of candidate States’ visions for membership
In advance of the Human Rights Council elections that will take place this autumn for the membership term 2025-2027, Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights will hold an online pledging event for candidate States on 4 September 2024.
The event intends to give candidates an opportunity to present their visions for Council membership and to respond to questions from a range of stakeholders on how they propose to realise the pledges and commitments they may have made in seeking election.
State representatives, civil society, national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and other key stakeholders are invited to participate actively in the event and pose questions to candidate States.
This year, 19 countries are running for 18 seats:
- African States: Benin, DRC, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya (5 candidates for 5 seats: closed slate)
- Asia and the Pacific States: Cyprus, Marshall Islands, Qatar, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Thailand (6 candidates for 5 seats)
- Latin America and Caribbean States: Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico (3 candidates for 3 seats: closed slate)
- Western Europe and other States: Iceland, Spain, Switzerland (3 candidates for 3 seats: closed slate)
- Central and Eastern Europe States: Czechia, North Macedonia (2 candidates for 2 seats: closed slate)
The following States have confirmed their participation so far: Cyprus, Mexico, Qatar and Switzerland.
Score cards for all States are available here.
The event will be moderated by Ilze Brands Kehris, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights.
Have a question?
- Follow the event and submit questions to candidates via Twitter: @ISHRglobal #HRCelections2024
- Submit your question via this form.
This event is kindly sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Bulgaria to the United Nations.