Kuwait at the UN Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Council
Recorded votes 2011–2026 · 162 votes · download CSV
Between 2011 and 2026, Kuwait cast 162 votes on resolutions and decisions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council that were decided by recorded vote: 69% Yes, 6% No and 25% abstentions. It was recorded as absent or not participating in 1 further roll-calls. In this dataset it belongs to the Asia-Pacific group. It voted most often with Qatar (98% agreement on shared votes) and least often with Albania (5%).
The interactive dashboard adds a world map of agreement with Kuwait, regional-group cohesion and the consensus view.
Closest voting partners
- Qatar · 98% of 128 shared votes
- Saudi Arabia · 96% of 68 shared votes
- Jordan · 94% of 35 shared votes
- Nigeria · 94% of 35 shared votes
- Senegal · 94% of 35 shared votes
- Indonesia · 92% of 162 shared votes
- United Arab Emirates · 92% of 87 shared votes
- Mauritius · 92% of 48 shared votes
Furthest voting partners
- Albania · 5% of 65 shared votes
- Bulgaria · 6% of 65 shared votes
- Cyprus · 10% of 40 shared votes
- Netherlands · 11% of 65 shared votes
- North Macedonia · 11% of 73 shared votes
- United States · 12% of 122 shared votes
- Iceland · 15% of 40 shared votes
- United Kingdom · 17% of 47 shared votes
Year by year
| Year | Votes | Yes | No | Abstain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Every recorded vote
| Year | Resolution | Title | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/62/16 | Mandate of Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/62/6 | Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/62/2 | Situation of human rights in Eritrea | Abstain |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/33 | Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/32 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/31 | Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/29 | Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression | Abstain |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/26 | Situation of human rights in Belarus | Abstain |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/11 | Mandate of Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international fi | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/7 | Sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/6 | The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/4 | Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the | Yes |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/61/2 | Advancing human rights in South Sudan | Abstain |
| 2026 | A/HRC/RES/S-39/1 | The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially in the context of the | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/60/21 | Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/60/17 | Question of the death penalty | No |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/60/7 | The right to development | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/60/6 | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/60/5 | Mandate of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/60/3 | Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in | No |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/60/15 | Situation of human rights in Burundi | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/59/22 | Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/59/8 | Human rights and international solidarity | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/59/7 | Access to medicines, vaccines and other health products in the context of the right of everyone | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/59/5 | Mandate of Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual | No |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/59/3 | Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/59/1 | Situation of human rights in Eritrea | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/59/L.1/Rev.1 | Discontinuation of the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritre | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/28 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/27 | Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/26 | Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/24 | Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/21 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/19 | Situation of human rights in Belarus | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/18 | Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua | Abstain |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/12 | Effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/7 | The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of ori | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/3 | The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/2 | Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the | Yes |
| 2025 | A/HRC/RES/58/1 | Advancing human rights in South Sudan | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/36 | Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/33 | Cooperation with Georgia | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/25 | From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discriminati | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/22 | Situation of human rights in Burundi | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/21 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/20 | Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/19 | The right to development | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/8 | Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/7 | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/57/2 | Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in | No |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/56/17 | Situation of human rights in Eritrea | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/56/4 | Human rights and international solidarity | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/56/2 | Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/32 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/31 | Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/30 | Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/28 | Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/27 | Situation of human rights in Belarus | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/23 | Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/22 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/19 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/14 | Combating discrimination, violence and harmful practices against intersex persons | Abstain |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/7 | The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/6 | Effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the | Yes |
| 2024 | A/HRC/RES/55/1 | Advancing human rights in South Sudan | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/32 | Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity | No |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/30 | Effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/21 | Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/9 | Mandate of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/2 | The right to development | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/17 | Promotion of the right to peace | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/16 | The continuing grave deterioration in the human rights and humanitarian situation in the Syrian | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/27/10 | The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the ri | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/S-21/1 | Ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Je | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/30 | Cooperation and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/26 | Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural area | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/25 | Situation of human rights in Belarus | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/23 | The continuing grave deterioration in the human rights and humanitarian situation in the Syrian | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/9 | Elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and ot | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/6 | Mandate of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/2 | The question of the death penalty | No |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/16 | Human rights and the regulation of civilian acquisition, possession and use of firearms | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/26/11 | Protection of the family | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/38 | The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/31 | Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/30 | Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/29 | Human rights situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/28 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/27 | Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/25 | Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/24 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Abstain |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/23 | The continuing grave deterioration of the human rights and humanitarian situation in the Syrian | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/22 | Ensuring use of remotely piloted aircraft or armed drones in counter-terrorism and military ope | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/9 | The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of orig | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/4 | Integrity of the judicial system | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/16 | Mandate of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related internationa | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/15 | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Yes |
| 2014 | A/HRC/RES/25/1 | Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka | Abstain |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/24/35 | Impact of arms transfers on human rights in armed conflict | Abstain |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/24/26 | From rhetoric to reality : a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discriminat | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/24/24 | Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human r | Abstain |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/24/22 | The continuing grave deterioration of the human rights and humanitarian situation in the Syrian | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/24/14 | Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/24/4 | The right to development | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/24/13 | The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the ri | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/23/26 | The deterioration of the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the need to | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/23/16 | Promotion of the right to peace | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/23/15 | Situation of human rights in Belarus | Abstain |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/23/14 | Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest att | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/23/12 | Human rights and international solidarity | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/23/11 | The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/23/1 | The deteriorating situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the recent killing | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/34 | Education as a tool to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intoleranc | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/33 | Open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an intern | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/30 | Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and P | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/29 | Follow-up to the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate th | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/28 | Human Rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/27 | Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/26 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/25 | Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/24 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/23 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Abstain |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/2 | Composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/17 | Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/12 | The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of orig | Yes |
| 2013 | A/HRC/RES/22/1 | Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka | No |
| 2013 | A/HRC/DEC22/117 | High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty | No |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/33 | From rhetoric to reality : a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discriminat | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/32 | The right to development | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/26 | Human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/9 | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/8 | The use of mercenaries as a mean of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rig | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/3 | Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional v | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/19 | Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural area | Abstain |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/21/10 | Human rights and international solidarity | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/20/22 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/20/15 | Promotion of the right to peace | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/20/13 | Situation of human rights in Belarus | Abstain |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/20/10 | The effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/S-19/1 | The deteriorating situation of human in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the recent killings in El | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/38 | The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of orig | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/34 | The right to development | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/32 | Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/22 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/3 | Composition of staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/2 | Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka | No |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/18 | Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/17 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/16 | Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/15 | Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/14 | Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan | Yes |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/12 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Abstain |
| 2012 | A/HRC/RES/19/1 | The escalating grave human rights violations and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Sy | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/S-18/1 | The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/18/27 | From rhetoric to reality : global call for concrete action against racism, racial discriminatio | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/18/26 | The right to development | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/DEC/18/120 | Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/18/6 | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/18/5 | Human rights and international solidarity | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/18/4 | The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the ri | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/18/20 | Panel on the promotion and protection of human rights in a multicultural context including thro | Yes |
| 2011 | A/HRC/RES/S-17/1 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Yes |