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Slovakia

Regional group:

Eastern European Group (EEG)

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 (2010-2011)
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2007-2008)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2024) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2011-2012)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	B

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

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

The right to a nationality: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and in Practice; Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2008, Slovakia has voted in favour or has joined consensus on all resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention). For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Slovakia frequently abstains. When it does vote, it has voted against resolutions related to the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict, but in favour of others (e.g. on Palestinian self-determination). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Slovakia has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has voted in favour of resolutions on: sexual orientation; torture; and religious discrimination. It has voted against: OIC resolutions on defamation of religions, and Cuban resolutions on the right to peace. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Slovakia has joined consensus on a majority of texts. Resolutions that it has voted against include: Cuban resolutions on the effects of foreign debt, NAM resolutions on unilateral coercive measures, and Cuban resolutions on international solidarity. It votes in favour of NAM resolutions on the right to development.

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

324

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: 5

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 >
None

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
2 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

2nd and 3rd Cycle

Level of delegation

Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 98 / 192

2^nd cycle: 126 / 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: 13

Slovakia presented voluntary pledges and commitments in support of its candidature for membership for the period 2018-2020 on 8 May 2017.

At the national level, Slovakia pledged to, inter alia:

Strengthen the protection of the rights of women, and the effectiveness of the mechanisms for the protection and support of victims of violence against women and domestic violence; Fulfil action plans to avoid all forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, and intolerance; Fulfil national plans and strategies to ensure the rights and protection of, inter alia, the Roma population, persons with disabilities, national minorities and ethnic groups, older people, and children; Foster social inclusion and strengthen the human rights of the ‘excluded groups’; Support the identity and cultural values of national minorities, the education and training on their rights, and an inter-ethnic and intercultural dialogue and understanding; Build effective mechanisms for the prevention and suppression of human trafficking, and implement a national plan to combat it; Promote education and training for human rights and democratic citizenship; Support the activities of independent institutions, including the National Human Rights Institutions and the national commissioners for children and persons with disabilities.

At the international level, Slovakia pledged to, inter alia: Intensify cooperation with developing countries, including through projects aimed at building democratic institutions and protecting human rights.

An analysis of steps taken by Slovakia in fulfilment of its pledges shows that Slovakia’s NHRI has been granted B status by the GANHRI.

Slovakia

Eastern European Group (EEG)

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: 98 / 192

2nd cycle: 126 / 192

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

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 13

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 98 / 192

2^nd cycle: 126 / 192