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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According to
the Human Rights Council’s “institution-building package”, the Universal
Periodic Review Working Group will hold three two-week sessions per
year. During each session 16 countries will be reviewed, therefore 48
countries per year and 192 countries by 2011, or the entire UN membership over
the course of the first UPR cycle (2008-2011). On 21 September 2007, the
Human Rights Council adopted a calendar detailing the order in which the 192 UN
Member States will be considered during the first four-year cycle. Each
review is facilitated by groups of three States, or “troikas”, who act as
rapporteurs.
The
following is the list of sessions scheduled for the 1st four-year cycle,
including the list of countries being reviewed during the session, as well
as the timetable for each two-week session and the list of “troikas” for each
review, where available:
(Please note: The
order of review, timetables and list of troikas are only determined shortly
before the respective sessions. All documents below are available in Pdf
format)
1st session 7-18 April 2008 (list of countries / timetable / list of troikas)2nd session 5-16 May 2008 (list of countries / timetable / list of troikas)
3rd session 1-15 December 2008 (list of countries / timetable / list of troikas)
4th session 2-13 February 2009 (list of countries / timetable / list of troikas)
5th session 4-15 May 2009 (list of countries / timetable / list of troikas)
6th session (late 2009) (list of countries)
7th session (early 2010) (list of countries)
8th session (mid 2010) (list of countries)
9th session (late 2010) (list of countries)
10th session (early 2011) (list of countries)
11th session (mid 2011) (list of countries)
12th session (late 2011) (list of countries)
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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Search by Country/Session http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspx Technical
guidelines for the submission of stakeholders' information 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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