Asian Group | African Group | Latin American and Caribbean Group | Eastern European Group | Western European and Others Group | |
Slots reserved for Group | 13 (27.5%) | 13 (27.5%) | 8 (17%) | 6 (13%) | 7 (15%) |
Number of vacant slots for Group for 2015/16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Numbers & names of candidates for each group | 7 Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Mongolia Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea United Arab Emirates | 5 (FIXED SLATE) Burundi Côte d'Ivoire Ethiopia Kenya Togo | 4 Bahamas Ecuador Panama Venezuela | 2 (FIXED SLATE) Georgia Slovenia | 3 (FIXED SLATE) Belgium Germany Switzerland |
States rotating off the current Council and not standing again | Japan Kazahkstan | Gabon Sierra Leone | Argentina Brazil | Estonia Montenegro | Ireland United States |
Candidates already on Council and running for reelection | 2 Pakistan Republic of Korea | 3 Côte d'Ivoire Ethiopia Kenya | 1 Venezuela | 0 | 1 Germany |
Candidates from group ranked (by Freedom House) Fully Free | 2 Mongolia Republic of Korea | 0 | 2 (50%) Bahamas Panama | 1 (50% Slovenia | 3 (100%) Belgium Germany Switzerland |
Candidates which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) | 3 Kyrgyzstan Pakistan United Arab Emirates | 2 Côte d'Ivoire Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Candidates from group making pledges | 4 Mongolia Philippines Republic of Korea United Arab Emirates | 0 | 3 Ecuador Panama Venezuela | 2 Georgia Slovenia | 3 Belgium Germany Switzerland |
Percentage of candidates from Group Making pledges | 57% (4/7) | 0% | 75% (3/4) | 100% | 100% |
Percentage of Group from the OIC if candidates elected | 62% (8/13) if Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and United Arab Emirates are all elected; 54% (7/13) if 2 of those states are elected; otherwise 46% (6/13) | 38% (5/13) | 0 | 16.7% (1/6) | 0 |
Percentage of Group Not Fully Free if candidates elected | 92% (12/13) if neither Mongolia or Republic of Korea are elected; 85% (11/13) if 1 of those states is elected; otherwise 77% (10/13) | 69% (9/13) | 63% (5/8) if both Bahamas or Panama elected; otherwise 75% (6/8) | 67% (4/6) | 0 |