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Burundi

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

2025

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2021)
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2017)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2024) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2008)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	A and B

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Standing - Inter-Ministerial

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation and contribution of human rights to achieving the purposes of the UN Charter.

Voting record

During the time it was a member, when country-specific item 2 texts (reports of the High Commissioner) were put to a vote, Bulgaria generally tended to vote in favour, with a few exceptions. It abstained during voting on the text regarding Venezuela and voted against the resolution on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (both in 2019). In relation to item 4 resolutions (human rights situations that require the Council’s attention), Bulgaria consistently joined consensus or voted in favour of all texts. During voting on item 7 resolutions concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Bulgaria's voting pattern varied. It voted against the text on human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, abstained during the voting on the resolution on Israeli settlements, and voted in favour of all other texts. For item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Bulgaria joined consensus on all texts and voted in favour when a vote was required. For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Bulgaria mostly voted in favour. However, its stance on resolutions related to cross-cutting matters and economic, social, and cultural rights leaned towards voting against most texts, although it supported select texts such as those concerning human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS, digital technologies, climate change, and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.

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:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

417

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 9

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more 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 food, 2015

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

ICCPR
1 Month

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2010, 2015, 2020)

Mid-term report

1st and 2nd cycles

Level of delegation

Inter-Ministerial

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 9 / 192

2^nd cycle: 41 / 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' (2010-2024)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Bulgaria presented voluntary pledges and commitments in support of its candidature for membership for the period 2019-2021 on 6 June 2018. International level pledges included by Bulgaria in the document include: Further support the work of OHCHR and the UN human rights mechanisms, including the Special Procedures; Support initiatives aimed at strengthening the efficiency of the Council, improving its working methods, and promoting universal participation; Support efforts aimed at strengthening the Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, and UPR; Support efforts to bring grave country-specific situations to the attention of the UN; Help strengthen the CRPD; Work on, encourage and support initiatives in the following thematic areas: civil society participation; human rights defenders; rights of the child, particularly inclusive education and early childhood development; gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence; and human trafficking.

An analysis of the steps taken by Bulgaria to fulfil its international pledges shows that it has indeed supported OHCHR through voluntary contributions. It extended a standing invitation to the Special Procedures and has facilitated all visit requests and responded to almost 90% of communications. Regarding cooperation with the Treaty Bodies, Bulgaria has ratified seven core conventions (it is yet to ratify the CED) and has submitted or is on schedule to submit its periodic reports. It participated in just 20% of other States’ reviews during the UPR and submitted midterm reports during the first and second cycle. Bulgaria has supported all the initiatives it pledged to work on, although it abstained during voting on the 2021 resolution on a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Burundi

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: 9 / 192

2nd cycle: 41 / 192

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

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 9 / 192

2^nd cycle: 41 / 192