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 2009 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Numbers & names of candidates for each group | 4 (FIXED SLATE) Malaysia Maldives Qatar Thailand | 4 (FIXED SLATE) Angola Libya Mauritania Uganda | 2 (FIXED SLATE) Ecuador Guatemala | 2 (FIXED SLATE) Poland Moldova | 2 (FIXED SLATE) Spain Switzerland |
States rotating off the current Council and not standing again | India Indonesia Philippines | Egypt Madagascar South Africa | Bolivia Nicaragua | Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia | Italy Netherlands |
Candidates already on Council and running for reelection | 1 Qatar | 1 Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Candidates from group ranked (by Freedom House) Fully Free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (50%) Poland | 2 (100%) Spain Switzerland |
Candidates which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) | 3 Malaysia Maldives Qatar | 3 Libya Mauritania Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Candidates from group making pledges | 3 Malaysia Maldives Thailand | 3 Angola Libya Mauritania | 2 Ecuador Guatemala | 2 Poland Republic of Moldova | 2 Spain Switzerland |
Percentage of candidates from Group Making pledges | 75% | 75% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Percentage of Group from the OIC if candidates elected | 69%(9/13) | 69%(9/13) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Percentage of Group Not Fully Free if candidates elected | 85% (11/13) | 85% (11/13) | 37.5% (3/8) | 33% (2/6) | 0 |