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Luxembourg

Regional group:

Western European & Others Group

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 (2023)
Coordinator of regional group:
–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2024) :
Other HRC positions:
  • Member of Working Group on Situations (2022)
OHCHR presence:
–
No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:
A
National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF):  No

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council; Situation of human rights in Yemen; Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Voting record

Luxembourg has never been a member of the Council before.

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:

0

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78
41

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50
417

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109
105

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96
15

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Country has not previously held a seat on the Council

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation
Communications responded to / received
1
2
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 >
SR on extreme poverty, 2015

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

8
8

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
CEDAW
1 Month
OP-CAT

Ratified


NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2008, 2013, 2018)

Mid-term report

2nd and 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Deputy Minister

Participation in other reviews
1st cycle: 127 / 192
2nd cycle: 158 / 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)?
NO

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments 

Specific voluntary pledges:

Luxembourg has not previously been a member of the Council.

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