Confused about how members are selected I m a bit confused how the members are selected I know each has to be approved individually but how exactly are they nominated self nominated Are only the appropriate number for each region nominated or is it possible to have more then the total allowed for a region nominated If it s possible to have more then the total and more then the total are approved how exactly are the states which will actually be on the council selected e g based on the votes received Finally whatever the case what happens if not enough states are selected approved from a region I hink that they are self nominated because there were more candidates then mandates to disperse To address your questions in order They are all self nominated The countries have to volunteer and they have to invite observers into their countries to check how their own human rights record actually is It is possible and intended that more than the alotted number of slots nominate themselves else why vote if we have exactly as many candidates as slots As has happened for the Western European and Others Group the ones with the most votes in support are selected None of the candidates from the WEaOG got less than 50 approval but Greece and Portugal got the smalles number of votes I believe Hope this explains it