WUNRN
THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF
COUNTRIES IS AN
IMPORTANT MECHANISM/OPPORTUNITY FOR NGO'S TO
REVIEW GENDER COMPONENTS OF
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY UPR REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE FINAL REPORTS OF THE UNIVERSAL
PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP MAY CONTAIN GENDER FOCUSED TEXT THAT CAN BE
VERY
USEFUL IN NGO ADVOCACY.
SHADOW REPORTS PRESENTED DURING THE
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW CAN BE HIGHLY INFORMATIVE.
A SHADOW-ALTERNATIVE REPORT MAY BE
SUBMITTED BY NGO'S ACCORDING TO UN GUIDELINES AND DEADLINES.
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DIRECT LINK TO UPR CALENDAR - UN
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
OF MEMBER STATE REPORTS.
Countries Selected for the UPR Full Cycle (2008-2011)
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Calendar for the full cycle Technical
guidelines for the submission of stakeholders' information Deadlines
for submission of stakeholders' information for the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th UPR
sessions Accreditation: ____________________________________________________________________ http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx Universal Periodic Review
The Human
Rights Council (HRC), based in Geneva, was established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006 and consists of forty-seven Member States of the United Nations.
At its
fifth session on 18 June 2007, the Council responded to this request and
adopted, in its resolution 5/1, detailed modalities regarding the
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism. These modalities relate, in
particular, to the basis of the review, principles and objectives to be
followed, the periodicity and order of review of countries, process and
modalities, as well as the outcome and the follow-up to the review.
Furthermore, the HRC decided that the review would be conducted in one
working group composed of the 47 member States of the Council. In 2008, the
working group will hold three sessions, scheduled to take place at the Office
of the United Nations in Geneva . At its
sixth session, on 21 September 2007, the Human Rights Council adopted a calendar
in relation to the consideration of the 192 Member States of the United
Nations to be considered during the first four-year cycle of the UPR
mechanism, and decided on the precise order of consideration of reviewed
States in 2008. In
accordance with resolution 5/1, the documents on which the review would be
based are:
The
national report shall be prepared on the basis of General guidelines adopted by the Council at its sixth
session on 27 September 2007. The documents prepared by the OHCHR should be
elaborated following the structure of these General guidelines. _____________________________________________________________________ Guidelines Link: http://www.ishr.ch/hrm/council/other/guidelines_inf_upr.pdf
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