MiMUN 2017 Topics in the Human Rights Council are:

 

1. Human rights violations in Middle East

2. Media freedom in Western Balkan countries

 

In accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 the Council shall consist of 47 Member States, which shall be elected directly and individually by secret ballot by the majority of the members of the General Assembly.

The membership shall be based on equitable geographical distribution, and seats shall be distributed as follows among regional groups:

 

Group of African States (13)

Group of Asia-Pacific States (13)

Group of Eastern European States (6)

Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (8)

Group of Western European and other States (7)

 

 

Current Membership of the Human Rights Council by regional groups:

(Year in parentheses indicates when the term of membership expires)

 

African States:

Botswana (2017), Burundi (2018), Congo (2017), CôtedIvoire (2018), Egypt (2019), Ethiopia (2018), Ghana (2017), Kenya (2018), Nigeria (2017), Rwanda (2019), South Africa (2019), Togo (2018), Tunisia (2019).

Asian-Pacific States: Bangladesh (2017), China (2019), India (2017), Indonesia (2017), Iraq (2019), Japan (2019), Kyrgyzstan (2018), Mongolia (2018), Philippines (2018), Qatar (2017), Republic of Korea (2018), Saudi Arabia (2019), UnitedArabEmirates (2018).

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Eastern European States:

Albania (2017), Croatia (2019), Georgia (2018), Hungary (2019), Latvia (2017), Slovenia (2018).

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Latin American & Caribbean States:

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2017), Brazil (2019), Cuba (2019), Ecuador (2018), ElSalvador (2017) - *President Panama (2018), Paraguay (2017), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (2018).

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Western European & Other States:

Belgium (2018), Germany (2018), Netherlands (2017), Portugal (2017), Switzerland (2018), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2019), United States of America (2019).

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