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Angola

Regional group:

African Group (AG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2010-2011)
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2007, 2009)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	–
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	–

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

The full enjoyment of human rights by all women and girls and the systematic mainstreaming of a gender perspective into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2007, Angola has (in the absence of consensus) tended to either abstain on, or vote in favour of, resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention) and country-specific resolutions tabled under item 2. Angola has abstained during votes on resolutions on the situations in Belarus, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Sudan. It has voted in favour of resolutions on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Angola has consistently voted in favour. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Angola has joined consensus on all resolutions except for one that was voted on during the period of its membership: on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Angola voted in favour). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Angola has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, Angola nearly always votes in favour. The three exceptions are: a 2008 OIC resolution on defamation of religion (Angola did not vote); a 2010 resolution on the same subject (again, it did not vote); and a 2011 South African-led resolution on sexual orientation (Angola voted against). For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Angola has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

262

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

138

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Empty chair alert

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in less than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on development, 2017

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CAT
3 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2010, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

2nd cycle

Level of delegation

Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 36 / 192

2^nd cycle: 102 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 14

Angola tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2018-2020.

Angola committed to, inter alia:

At the international level, strengthen a constructive dialogue and cooperation with the Council’s members and observers; implement UPR recommendations; maintain cooperation with the OHCHR, the Council and its mechanisms; adopt a national human rights action plan; maintain interaction with the civil society to ensure better advocacy on the rights of migrants; ratified the CAT and the OP-CAT; the ILO Conventions, and the ICERD.

At the domestic level, Angola pledged to advance the rights of children; women; persons with disabilities; health; and education.

An analysis of steps taken by Angola in fulfilment of its international level pledges shows that Angola accepted 5 out 14 visit requests, and responded to most (75%) communications received. Angola is Party to five of the core conventions; and generally presents its periodic reports late. It is yet to ratify the instruments mentioned in its voluntary pledges, including the CAT and the ICERD (both signed in 2013).

Angola

African Group (AG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 36 / 192

2nd cycle: 102 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 14

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 36 / 192

2^nd cycle: 102 / 192