Switzerland to return to UN Human Rights Council in 2025

After a five-year absence, Switzerland will return to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The return will be effective from January 2025 until the end of 2027.

The election of the United Nations General Assembly was held on October 9, for the selection of 18 new members of the Human Rights Council, which already comprises 47 states.

As is known, in this council the seats are assigned to regional groups to guarantee geographical representation. “These countries will have a 3-year mandate, starting on January 1, 2025.”

Through a secret ballot, the UN selected “Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Iceland, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Mexico, North Macedonia, Qatar, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand as members of the UN Human Rights Council for the period 2025-2027,” according to international media reports.

The new members apply to replace Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Qatar and Somalia, United Arab Emirates and the United States, whose mandate expires on December 31, 2024.

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With information from international media

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