The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) that emerged from the 2005 UN reform process.[1] Commonly referred to as the UPR, it was established by General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 3 April 2006, the UPR periodically examines the human rights performance of all 193 UN Member States.[2] It is intended to complement, not duplicate, the work of other human rights mechanisms, including the UN human rights treaty bodies. This is the first international human rights mechanism to address all countries and all human rights. The Working Group on the UPR, which is composed of the HRC's 47 Member States and chaired by the HRC President, conducts country reviews.
^‘In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all’, Report of the Secretary-General (A/59/2005), 21 March 2005; World Summit Outcome, General Assembly resolution 60/1, 24 October 2005.
^Cowell, Frederick (2022), Kammerhofer, Jörg; Arajärvi, Noora; Merkouris, Panos (eds.), "Identifying Custom in Universal Periodic Review Recommendations", The Theory, Practice, and Interpretation of Customary International Law, Cambridge University Press, pp. 320–344, doi:10.1017/9781009025416.016, ISBN 978-1-316-51689-8
and 27 Related for: Universal Periodic Review information
October 2018. Malaysia has been reviewed twice by the United Nations Human Rights Council under the UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR). First in 2009 and the...
The UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR) is a state monitoring mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC). It was established by General Assembly...
of the Working Group on the UniversalPeriodicReview: Senegal, U.N. Human Rights Council, Fourth UniversalPeriodicReview, A/HRC/11/24, 5 October 2009[permanent...
Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) submission to the UniversalPeriodicReview of the Maldives, a number of human rights issues were highlighted;...
(PDF). "Outcome of the UniversalPeriodicReview: Malawi, United Nations Human Rights Council, Ninth UniversalPeriodicReview, A/HRC/16/DEC/102, 16 March...
component of the Council consists of a periodicreview of all 193 UN member states, called the UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR). The mechanism is based on reports...
36 cases of household member being imprisoned or detained. The UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR) on Myanmar had a section for the protection and promotion...
of living, on 16 July 2015. The UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations (UN) that reviews the human rights records of all...
the Working Group on the Universal PeriodicReview: Kenya, U.N. Human Rights Council, Eighth UniversalPeriodicReview, A/HRC/15/8, 17 June 2010" (PDF)...
Human Rights Council conducts UniversalPeriodicReviews (UPRs) of each member nation every five years. Japan was reviewed on 14 November 2017 in Geneva...
(COMANGO) in 2008. The collective's main goal was to involve in the UniversalPeriodicReview of the country at that time. The organization claims that the...
Students[permanent dead link], 21 February 2005 Review of Turkmenistan, 9 December 2008 - United Nations Human Rights Council's UniversalPeriodicReview...
imposed on the suspects. 2008 Cycle In the course of its first UniversalPeriodicReview cycle in 2008, Tonga received a recommendation from Italy to abolish...
Human Rights Council's UniversalPeriodicReview process. Kirby cited North Korea's participation in the UniversalPeriodicReview, the country's publication...
Constitution embody these rights. Following the recommendations of a UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR) in 2008, Burundi ratified the International Convention for...
UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) carried out Vanuatu's UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR). The review identified a number of the above concerns and made recommendations...
State under review". United Nations Human Rights Council. 28 August 2019. "Report of the Working Group on the UniversalPeriodicReview: Liechtenstein"...
the UniversalPeriodicReview: Samoa Addendum A/HRC/33/6/Add.1, 5 September 2016, at para. 20, Report of the Working Group on the UniversalPeriodic Review:...
Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). In May 2008, during its UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council, Tonga accepted...
United Nations in 1971. It has therefore been subject to the UniversalPeriodicReview (UPR), having gone through two cycles so far; first in 2009 and...
Global Information