2016 elections to the UN Human Rights Council

Place: UN General Assembly, New York
Date: 28/10/2016

Not elected (number indicates number of votes) Elected (Number indicates numbers of votes)

AFRICAN GROUP (AG)

4 seats available

Clean slate
Egypt Flag Egypt VP 2 173
Rwanda Flag Rwanda 1 176
South Africa Flag South Africa 5 178
Tunisia Flag Tunisia VP 2 189
ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP (APG)

4 seats available

Clean slate
China Flag China 6 180
Iraq Flag Iraq 1 173
Japan Flag Japan VP 6 177
Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia VP 5 152
EASTERN EUROPEAN GROUP (EEG)

2 seats available

Croatia Flag Croatia VP 2 114
Hungary Flag Hungary VP 3 144
Russian Federation Flag Russian Federation VP 4 112
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN GROUP (GRULAC)

2 seats available

Bangladesh Flag Bangladesh VP 6 137
Cuba Flag Cuba VP 6 160
Guatemala Flag Guatemala VP 2 82
WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHERS GROUP (WEOG)

2 seats available

Clean slate
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Flag United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland VP 5 173
United States of America Flag United States of America VP 4 175

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  Indicates the number of previous terms for each candidate.