A/HRC/28/41 Annex III Standing invitations As at 31 December 2014, 109 Member States and 1 non-Member observer State had extended a standing invitation to thematic special procedures. Member States and non-Member observer A–L Albania Andorra Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burundi Cameroon Canada Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Date 2 December 2009 3 November 2010 3 December 2002 1 May 2006 7 August 2008 March 2001 15 April 2013 6 June 2013 March 2001 31 October 2012 10 February 2010 Member States and non-Member observer M-Z Luxembourg Madagascar Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Mexico Date March 2001 26 August 2011 2 May 2006 March 2001 4 March 2011 March 2001 Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Nauru 22 October 2008 9 April 2004 11 October 2005 30 May 2011 7 May 2010 Netherlands March 2001 10 December 2001 March 2001 6 June 2013 15 September 2014 April 1999 26 April 2013 3 September 2013 New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Palau 3 February 2004 26 April 2006 21 August 2012 25 October 2013 26 March 1999 3 May 2011 1 June 2012 12 May 2009 17 March 2003 2002 13 March 2003 March 2001 September 2000 March 2001 9 December 2009 9 January 2003 9 February 2010 March 2001 March 2001 14 March 2011 Panama Papua New Guinea 11 May 2011 28 March 2003 Paraguay 3 April 2002 Peru March 2001 Poland March 2001 Portugal 1 June 2010 Qatar Republic of Korea 3 March 2008 Republic of Moldova 2 June 2010 27 June 2011 Rwanda 14 February 2011 Samoa 3 April 2003 San Marino 2 February 2011 Sao Tome and Principe 11 October 2005 Serbia 5 November 2012 Seychelles 7 April 2003 Sierra Leone March 2001 Slovakia March 2001 29 October 2012 30 March 2010 March 2001 27