Human Rights Council Elections 2025: discussions of candidate States’ visions for membership

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.

So far, those are the candidate States running for election [please be aware that the list of candidates might evolve and will be updated as new information comes in]:

• African States: Mauritius, Tunisia, South Africa and Egypt (4 candidates for 4 seats: closed slate)
• Asia and the Pacific States: Pakistan, Iraq, Vietnam and India (4 candidates for 4 seats: closed slate)
• Latin America and Caribbean States: Chile and Argentina (2 candidates for 2 seats: closed slate)
• Western Europe and other States: Italy and the UK (2 candidates for 2 seats: closed slate)
• Central and Eastern Europe States: Slovenia and Estonia (2 candidates for 2 seats: closed slate)

The following candidate States have already confirmed their participation into the event:
Chile, Italy.

To help assess candidates, ISHR has published individual and regional 'score cards'. The scorecards offer a quick ‘at-a-glance’ objective comparison of the human rights record of each candidate through criteria such as focusing on their cooperation with human rights bodies such as the Council, their support for civil society, their engagement with UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures, among others.

Have a question? 

• Submit your questions to candidates via this form
• Follow us on social media:  @ISHRglobal #HRCelections2025

This event is kindly sponsored by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia, and Iceland.

For more information on HRC elections, check out our campaign page.