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Human Rights by Country


ENACA Region MENA Region AFRICA Region ASIA Region LAC Region Human Rights by Country

Member States of the United Nations (and the dates on which
they joined the Organization)


Africa Region
Angola (12-01-1976)
Benin (20-09-1960)
Botswana (17-10-1966)
Burkina Faso (20-09-1960)
Burundi (18-09-1962)
Cabo Verde (16-09-1975)
Cameroon (20-09-1960)
Chad (20-09-1960)
Comoros (12-11-1975)
Congo (20-09-1960)
Côte d'Ivoire (20-09-1960)
Djibouti (20-09-1977)
Equatorial Guinea (12-11-1968)
Eritrea (28-05-1993)
Ethiopia (13-11-1945)
Gabon (20-09-1960)
Gambia (21-09-1965)
Ghana (08-03-1957)
Guinea (12-12-1958)
Guinea-Bissau (17-09-1974)
Kenya (16-12-1963)
Lesotho (17-10-1966)
Liberia (02-11-1945)
Madagascar (20-09-1960)
Malawi (01-12-1964)
Mali (28-09-1960)
Mauritania (27-10-1961)
Mauritius (24-04-1968)
Mozambique (16-09-1975)
Namibia (23-04-1990)
Niger (20-09-1960)
Nigeria (07-10-1960)
Rwanda (18-09-1962)
Senegal (28-09-1960)
Seychelles (21-09-1976)
Sierra Leone (27-09-1961)
Somalia (20-09-1960)
South Africa (07-11-1945)
South Sudan (14-07-2011)
Sudan (12-11-1956)
Togo (20-09-1960)
Uganda (25-10-1962)
Zambia (01-12-1964)
Zimbabwe (25-08-1980)
Americas Region
Antigua and Barbuda (11-11-1981)
Argentina (24-10-1945)
Bahamas (18-09-1973)
Barbados (09-12-1966)
Belize (25-09-1981)
Brazil (24-10-1945)
Canada (09-11-1945)
Chile (24-10-1945)
Colombia (05-11-1945)
Costa Rica (02-11-1945)
Cuba (24-10-1945)
Dominica (18-12-1978)
Dominican Republic (24-10-1945)
Ecuador (21-12-1945)
El Salvador (24-10-1945)
Grenada (17-09-1974)
Guatemala (21-11-1945)
Guyana (20-09-1966)
Haiti (24-10-1945)
Honduras (17-12-1945)
Jamaica (18-09-1962)
Mexico (07-11-1945)
Nicaragua (24-10-1945)
Panama (13-11-1945)
Paraguay (24-10-1945)
Peru (31-10-1945)
Saint Lucia (18-09-1979)
Suriname (04-12-1975)
Trinidad and Tobago (18-09-1962)
Uruguay (18-12-1945)
Asia Pacific Region
Afghanistan (19-11-1946)
Australia (01-11-1945)
Bangladesh (17-09-1974)
Bhutan (21-09-1971)
Brunei Darussalam (21-09-1984)
Cambodia (14-12-1955)
China (24-10-1945)
Fiji (13-10-1970)
India (30-10-1945)
Indonesia (28-09-1950)
Japan (18-12-1956)
Kiribati (14-09-1999)
Malaysia (17-09-1957)
Maldives (21-09-1965)
Marshall Islands (17-09-1991)
Mongolia (27-10-1961)
Myanmar (19-04-1948)
Nauru (14-09-1999)
Nepal (14-12-1955)
New Zealand (24-10-1945)
Pakistan (30-09-1947)
Palau (15-12-1994)
Papua New Guinea (10-10-1975)
Philippines (24-10-1945)
Republic of Korea (17-09-1991)
Samoa (15-12-1976)
Singapore (21-09-1965)
Solomon Islands (19-09-1978)
Sri Lanka (14-12-1955)
Thailand (16-12-1946)
Timor-Leste (27-09-2002)
Tonga (14-09-1999)
Tuvalu (05-09-2000)
Vanuatu (15-09-1981)
Viet Nam (20-09-1977)
Europe and Central Asia Region
Albania (14-12-1955)
Andorra (28-07-1993)
Armenia (02-03-1992)
Austria (14-12-1955)
Azerbaijan (02-03-1992)
Belarus (24-10-1945)
Belgium (27-12-1945)
Bulgaria (14-12-1955)
Croatia (22-05-1992)
Cyprus (20-09-1960)
Czechia (19-01-1993)
Denmark (24-10-1945)
Estonia (17-09-1991)
Finland (14-12-1955)
France (24-10-1945)
Georgia (31-07-1992)
Germany (18-09-1973)
Greece (25-10-1945)
Hungary (14-12-1955)
Iceland (19-11-1946)
Ireland (14-12-1955)
Italy (14-12-1955)
Kazakhstan (02-03-1992)
Kyrgyzstan (02-03-1992)
Latvia (17-09-1991)
Liechtenstein (18-09-1990)
Lithuania (17-09-1991)
Luxembourg (24-10-1945)
Malta (01-12-1964)
Monaco (28-05-1993)
Montenegro (28-06-2006)
Netherlands (10-12-1945)
North Macedonia (08-04-1993)
Norway (27-11-1945)
Poland (24-10-1945)
Portugal (14-12-1955)
Republic of Moldova (02-03-1992)
Romania (14-12-1955)
Russian Federation (24-10-1945)
San Marino (02-03-1992)
Serbia (01-11-2000)
Slovakia (19-01-1993)
Slovenia (22-05-1992)
Spain (14-12-1955)
Sweden (19-11-1946)
Switzerland (10-09-2002)
Tajikistan (02-03-1992)
Turkey (24-10-1945)
Turkmenistan (02-03-1992)
Ukraine (24-10-1945)
Uzbekistan (02-03-1992)
Middle East and North Africa Region
Algeria (08-10-1962)
Bahrain (21-09-1971)
Egypt (24-10-1945)
Iraq (24-12-1945)
Israel (11-05-1949)
Jordan (14-12-1955)
Kuwait (14-05-1963)
Lebanon (24-10-1945)
Libya (14-12-1955)
Morocco (12-11-1956)
Oman (07-10-1971)
Qatar (21-09-1971)
Saudi Arabia (24-10-1945)
Tunisia (12-11-1956)
Yemen (30-09-1947)

Non-Member States of the United Nations



Asia Pacific Region
Europe and Central Asia Region
Middle East and North Africa Region

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All contacts are in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 92 20

Middle East and North Africa Section
Tel. +41 22 917 9777

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Europe and Central Asia Section
Tel. +41 22 917 9220

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 9248

National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9467

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Tel. +41 22 928 9287

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