Documents

NEW DOCUMENTS

 International Service for Human Rights, Analytical overview of the UPR, April-June 2008, August 2008.
 Study on the building of the UPR from 2006 to 2007 by the Democracy Coalition Project, "Government Positions on establishing a credible UPR mechanism".
 Theodor Rathgeber, "The HRC Universal Periodic Review: A preliminary assesment", July 2008.
 Tiffany Henderson, "Towards implementation: an analysis of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the Human Rights Council", June 2008.
 Timetable for the third session held from 1 to 15 December 2008.
 Aim for Human Rights, Collection of remarks on Enforced Disappearances during the 2nd session of the UPR, June 2008
 OHCHR "Information and guidelines for relevant stakeholders", 1 July 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
 UPR Info document - Data on the first two UPR Sessions
 UPR Info document - Working Group Checklist: analyses of issues raised or not during Working Groups of Bahrain, Algeria, Poland, Czech Republic, Gabon, Ghana, Peru and Tonga.
 International Service for Human Rights: Overview of the first UPR Session

CORE UPR DOCUMENTS

Resolutions

 General Assembly Resolution 60/251 creating the Universal Periodic review
 Resolution A/HRC/RES/5/1 - Institutional-building text of the Human Rights Council

Technical Guidelines and Modalities

 OHCHR "Information and guidelines for relevant stakeholders", 1 July 2008
 President’s statement on the plenary’s technical modalities, 5 June 2008
 Template for adoption of the Working Groups reports during the plenary of the Human Rights Council (example of Bahrain)
 Presidential statement on the Modalities of the Plenary - UPR of 30 May 2008.
 President statement on modalities and practices for the Universal Periodic Review Process of 9 April 2008
 Non-paper on remaining UPR modalities, submitted by the African, Arab, and OIC groups of 3 April 2008
 President’s Proposal on modalities and practices of the UPR of 27 March 2008
 Troika members for April and May 2008 sessions
 President’s document A/HRC/OM/L.1 on the role of the Troika of 28 February 2008
 OHCHR Technical guidelines for the submission of stakeholders’ information - 8 January 2008.
 OHCHR Information Note for NGOs regarding the UPR mechanism (as of 8 January 2008).
 Decision A/HRC/DEC/6/102 - General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review - 27 September 2007

Programme of Work

 Timetablefor the third session (December 1-15 2008)
 Timetable for the second session (May 5-19 2008)
 Timetablefor the first session (April 7-18 2008)
 Full first cycle of the UPR 2008 - 2011
 Calendar of Human Rights Council meetings for 2008
 Calendar of Human Rights Council meetings for 2009

Treaties

Resolutions and Decisions taken at the Human Rights Council

 Resolutions and Decisions: 2006 - 2008 (until 8th session)

Pledges

Documents per State

On each country page, you will find all documents related to that State: the State, NGOs and Ohchr reports; the summary of its review; the Report of the Working Group as well as ratification status, reservations, and voting record within the Human Rights Council.

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