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Georgia Becomes UN Human Rights Council Member

Georgia was elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term in a vote held in the U.N. General Assembly on October 28.

This is the first time Georgia will take seat in the 47-member Geneva-based UN’s top rights body. Georgia will be the Council member for a period of 2016-2018 and will be eligible to be re-elected for a second-term.

Other seventeen countries also elected, or re-elected, for Council membership on October 28 are: Belgium; Burundi; Côte d’Ivoire; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Germany; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Panama; Philippines; Republic of Korea; Slovenia; Switzerland; Togo; United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.

The Council’s membership is based on geographical distribution with Georgia falling in the Eastern European group. Slovenia was another candidate from the same regional group; there were no other candidates from the same regional group and the two countries will replace Estonia and Montenegro on Council’s membership.

“The Council membership underlines the commitment of the Government of Georgia to further advance its national and foreign policies for the protection of human rights and gives Georgia a remarkable opportunity to further engage in joint international undertakings for addressing human rights violations and ensuring protection of human rights of all people,” Georgia’s mission to the UN said in a statement.

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