Germany returns to UN Human Rights Council
Germany will be a member of the UN Human Rights Council for a sixth term from 2027 to 2029. The UN General Assembly gave the country significantly more than the required number of votes.
New York (dpa) - From next year, Germany will again have a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. In the election, Germany received 163 votes from members of the UN General Assembly in New York - significantly more than the required majority of at least 97 votes. Alongside Germany, Ireland, Brazil, Burundi, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Japan, Kuwait, Jordan, Nepal, Nigeria, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Uruguay and Zambia were elected to the council, which meets in Geneva, for the period 2027 to 2029.
After the election, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul declared that Germany would use the membership “to strengthen the Human Rights Council together with our partners and to improve the protection of human rights worldwide”.
Germany and Ireland had applied for the two seats available for the Western Europe group. Since the seats were uncontested, the election was deemed a foregone conclusion.
This will be the Federal Republic of Germany’s sixth term as a member of the Human Rights Council, which was founded 20 years ago. It was last a member of the council from 2023 to 2025.
