United Nations Human Rights Council
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is in the United Nations System. The UNHRC took the place of the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights (CHR). It was established by the United Nations General Assembly.
The General Assembly made the UNHRC on 15 March 2006. This was to replace the previous CHR. People did not like the CHR because they allowed countries with poor human rights records to be members.[1][2]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson have not liked that the council acts for politics instead of human rights. Several people have said the council focuses too much on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[3][4][5] The United States did not take part in the Council when George W. Bush was president. They changed when Barack Obama became President.[6]
On 18 June 2007, the UNHRC made a plan for future work. They will assess the human rights in all 192 UN Member States. They will also allow people and organizations to bring complaints about human rights violations to the attention of the Council.
Presidents
| No. | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Václav Bálek |  Czech Republic | 1 January 2023 – present[7] |
| 16 | Federico Villegas |  Argentina | 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022[8] |
| 15 | Nazahat Shameen Khan |  Fiji | 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021[9] |
| 14 | Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger |  Austria | 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020[10] |
| 13 | Coly Seck |  Senegal | 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019 |
| 12 | Vojislav Šuc |  Slovenia | 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018 |
| 11 | Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli |  El Salvador | 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017 |
| 10 | Choi Kyong-lim |  South Korea | 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016[11] |
| 9 | Joachim Rücker |  Germany | 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015 |
| 8 | Baudelaire Ndong Ella |  Gabon | 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014 |
| 7 | Remigiusz Henczel |  Poland | 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013[12] |
| 6 | Laura Dupuy Lasserre |  Uruguay | 19 June 2011 – 31 December 2012 |
| 5 | Sihasak Phuangketkeow |  Thailand | 19 June 2010 – 18 June 2011[13] |
| 4 | Alex Van Meeuwen |  Belgium | 19 June 2009 – 18 June 2010[13] |
| 3 | Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi |  Nigeria | 19 June 2008 – 18 June 2009 |
| 2 | Doru Romulus Costea |  Romania | 19 June 2007 – 18 June 2008 |
| 1 | Luis Alfonso de Alba |  Mexico | 19 June 2006 – 18 June 2007 |
