
Prof. Edward McMahon,
Herding Cats and Sheep: Assessing State and Regional
Behavior in the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism of the
United Nations Human Rights Council, July 2010.
Lawrence Moss, Opportunities for Nongovernmental Organization Advocacy in the Universal Periodic Review Process at the UN Human Rights Council, 2010.
Human Rights Watch, Curing the Selectivity Syndrome, 24 June 2010.
FIACAT, UPR: An ambivalent exercice, December 2009.
Commonwealth Secretariat, "Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights - Towards best practices", August 2009. This publication describes UPR, shares experiences and provides analysis of the Commonwealth countries that reported in the first year of the UPR process. This book is not available online but you can order a copy by emailing Jade Cochran at j.cochran [at] commonwealth.int. See more information on this flyer.
Quaker United Nations Office, A Curate’s Egg, June 2009.
Allehone Mulugeta Abebe, 1st Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia at the UN in Geneva, Of shaming and bargaining: African States and the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Law Review, 13 February 2009.
UN Watch, A Mutual Praise Society, 6 February 2009.
Aim for Human Rights, Collection of remarks on Enforced Disappearances: Session 3 and Session 4.
Quakers United Nations Office, Analysis on the two first year of the HRC with a section on the UPR: "Digging foundations or trenches?", August 2008.
International Service for Human Rights, Analytical overview of the UPR, April-June 2008, August 2008.
Democracy Coalition Project, "Government Positions on establishing a credible UPR mechanism".
Theodor Rathgeber, "The HRC Universal Periodic Review: A preliminary assessment", July 2008.
Tiffany Henderson, "Towards implementation: an analysis of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the Human Rights Council", June 2008.
Aim for Human Rights, Collection of remarks on Enforced Disappearances during the 2nd session of the UPR, June 2008
Alejandra Sardá, "Second session of the Universal Periodic Review -
Sexual Rights and Women’s Issues", Mulabi- Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos/Sexual Rights Initiative
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), "Building the New Human Rights Council. Outcome and analysis of the institution-building year", N° 33 / August 2007
International Service for Human Rights: Overview of the first UPR Session
Alejandra Sardá, "First session of the Universal Periodic Review -
Sexual Rights and Women’s Issues", Mulabi- Espacio Latinoamericano
de Sexualidades y Derechos/Sexual Rights Initiative
Lucia Nader, "The role of NGOs in the UN Human Rights Council",http://www.surjournal.org; Also available in Spanish and Portuguese