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Barozi on 26 April 2017
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ironmanDX said:
Barozi said:

uhm there were only 13 candidates for 13 seats. Saudi Arabia HAD to be elected. It also got the lowest amount of votes. So if anything you should praise the ones who didn't vote for them, as Saudi Arabia would've made it anyway.

https://www.unwatch.org/no-joke-u-n-elects-saudi-arabia-womens-rights-commission/

As always, doing some research before posting helps a lot.

How are the candidates chosen?

They aren't chosen, they apply for a seat and then get elected (or not elected) by the members of the Economic and Social Council.

"Forty-five Member States of the United Nations serve as members of the Commission at any one time. The Commission consists of one representative from each of the 45 Member States elected by the Economic and Social Council on the basis of equitable geographical distribution:  

13 members from Africa    
11 from Asia    
nine from Latin America and Caribbean    
eight from Western Europe and other States    
four from Eastern Europe 

Members are elected for a period of four years."

http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/member-states

"Results of the elections, with all 54 ECOSOC members voting:
African States: Algeria: 54 | Comoros: 53 | Congo: 53 |  Ghana: 53 |  Kenya: 53
Asian & Pacific States: Iraq: 54 |  Japan: 53 | Republic of Korea: 54 | Saudi Arabia: 47 | Turkmenistan: 53
Latin American States:  Ecuador: 54 | Haiti: 54 | Nicaragua: 52"

https://www.unwatch.org/no-joke-u-n-elects-saudi-arabia-womens-rights-commission/

5 from Africa, 5 from Asia/Pacific and 3 from form Latin America got elected, that means that the same amount of members from these regions dropped out.
So it's not like an European counry could've applied for the job instead, to take away Saudi Arabia's spot in the commission.