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Change of deadline for NGO submissions at UPR 19 29 Jul 2013 | 12:53 pm
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has extended the deadline for submissions by civil society for the 19th session of the UPR Working Group (April / May 2014) from 1st to 16t...
UPR reports for session 16 will be adopted from 18 to 20 September 18 Jul 2013 | 02:36 pm
A draft Programme of work for the 24th session of the Human Rights Council (9-27 September 2013) has been released. The Working Group Reports of States reviewed during the 16th UPR session (April-May...
Newsletter 40: 77 NGOs concerned about attacks against the UPR 24 Jun 2013 | 04:01 pm
Dear All, On 6 and 7 June, the Human Rights Council (the Council) adopted the UPR reports of States reviewed during the 15th Working Group session held in January 2013. Those countries included Baham...
Recommendations from session 14 one click away! 12 Jun 2013 | 11:10 pm
We are pleased to inform you that the recommendations made during UPR session 14 (October 2012) are now available in our database! A total of 2179 recommendations were made by 127 States to Argentina...
States in tune with civil society over the protection of the UPR 11 Jun 2013 | 09:02 pm
As has been the practice over the years, the Human Rights Council held its general debate under item 6 after the adoption of the reports of the 15th Working Group Session on the 10th of June 2013. Mem...
HRC President presents report on dialogue with Israel 11 Jun 2013 | 07:44 pm
Following Israel's non-participation in its review during the 15th Session of the UPR last January, the President of the Human Rights Council on Friday, June 7, 2013 gave a report on the Human Rights ...
Azerbaijan rejects recommendations because they are made by Armenia and "not within the scope of the UPR" 10 Jun 2013 | 10:08 pm
Azerbaijan rejected four recommendations during its UPR because they had been made by Armenia and because they were considered as "not [being] within the scope of the UPR". Reviewed on 30 April 2013,...
77 NGOs express concerns about attacks against the UPR process 10 Jun 2013 | 08:28 pm
UPR Info, together with 76 NGOs from all over the world, expressed concerns today at Human Rights Council (HRC) 23rd session about States' practice to modify Working Group Reports in order to weaken t...
Human Rights Council discusses the role of parliamentarians at the UPR 4 Jun 2013 | 10:42 pm
With a view to enhance cooperation and interaction, the Human Rights Council decided to convene, at its twenty-third session, a panel discussion on the contribution of parliaments to the work of the H...
Video of the month - May 2013: H.E. Mr. Ridha Bouabid, Ambassador of La Francophonie 14 May 2013 | 07:39 pm
H.E. Mr. Ridha Bouabid, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) to the United Nations in Geneva, presents a new Guide from OIF on the impleme...
