World: UN Human Rights Council Elections for 2027-2029 and the Responsibility to Protect

Country: World Source: Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Please refer to the attached file. Today, 13 October 2026, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) elected Brazil, Burundi, Dominican Republic, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Nepal, Nigeria, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Uruguay and Zambia to the Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2027-2029 term. With their election, 23 of the Council’s 47 members in 2027 will be “Friends of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)” – stat