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THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR) OF COUNTRIES IS AN IMPORTANT MECHANISM & OPPORTUNITY FOR NGO'S TO REVIEW GENDER COMPONENTS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY UPR REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS.

 

http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/upr/pages/uprmain.aspx

 

SEARCH FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REPORTS BY COUNTRIES/SESSIONS:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspx

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The Universal Periodic Review: Do Civil Society Organization-Suggested Recommendations Matter?

Direct Link to Full 16-Page 2013 Publication:

http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/10343.pdf

The UPR is a process through which human rights policies are recommended by UN member states to the state under review. As a new element, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can submit their own views. This paper shows the considerable extent to which official UPR state recommendations do in fact reflect perspectives and topics addressed in recommendations of CSOs. While these findings do not prove that CSO recommendations generate state recommendations, they do show that at least state recommendations encompass CSO recommendations to a significant extent. In general, the research suggests that CSO engagement in the UPR process is worthwhile and should be accentuated.