On October 11, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council elected 14 member states to serve on the Council from 2023-2025 as follows: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, and Viet Nam. Last week, on Friday, October 7, the Human Rights Council voted to create the new special rapporteur on human rights in Russia. As reported by JURIST, the rapporteur will have a mandate for one year and has been tasked with collecting and assessing information so that it can make relevant recommendations and present its findings to the Council at its 54th session and to the General Assembly at its 78th session.