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Mauritius

Regional group:

African Group (AG)

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

2026

Council Bureau membership:	–
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2025) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2017, 2018)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Standing - Inter-Ministerial

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Mauritius has been in the core group of the following resolutions: women, diplomacy and human rights; accelerating progress towards preventing adolescent girls’ pregnancy; strengthening the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to support the participation of Least Developed States and Small Island Developing States in the work of the Human Rights Council; enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights; promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka; and human rights and the environment.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2006, Mauritius has (in the absence of consensus) either voted in favour or abstained of all item 4 resolutions (situations that require the Council’s attention). It voted in favour of texts on the situations in Belarus, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (in 2009, 2010 and 2011); it abstained during votes on texts on the situations in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2011, 2012), Sudan (2010) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2008). Mauritius has joined consensus or voted in favour of all country-specific resolutions tabled under item 2 and all item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory). On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Mauritius has joined consensus on all texts except for one that was voted on during its time as a member: on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (voted in favour). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Mauritius has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, Mauritius has nearly always voted in favour, with the exception of three texts on defamation of religions, where it abstained (in 2008, 2009 and 2010). For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social, and cultural rights, Mauritius has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.

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:

324

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 98

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 46

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 61

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Empty chair alert

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in less than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

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 >
IE on foreign debt, 2020

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

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 Year

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2013, 2018)

Mid-term report

1st & 2nd cycles

Level of delegation

Ministry

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 18 / 192

2^nd cycle: 28 / 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' (2010-2025)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Mauritius tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2026-2028 on 5 June 2025. In the document, Mauritius pledges to:

Continue addressing the negative impact of climate change by promoting multilateral cooperation and linking environmental protection to human rights.
Promote and protect human rights by providing free public education, healthcare and social security to its citizens.
Continue promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, and combating all forms of violence.
Advocate for and protect the rights and participation of persons with disabilities, and take concrete steps to alleviate accessibility challenges. • Take measures to identify and assist victims of trafficking and exploitation.
Provide adequate resources and budgetary provisions to guarantee and strengthen the independence and operations of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), and take measures to redress any human rights abuses.
Consider amending the Constitution to strengthen fundamental rights, including emerging rights related to the environment, technology, health, education and other economic, social and cultural rights, as well as the rights of Nature.

Mauritius

African Group (AG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 18 / 192

2nd cycle: 28 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 18 / 192

2^nd cycle: 28 / 192