NGOs Press statements

In order to give a voice to NGOs in the Universal Periodic Review process, we upload their press statements and articles on the UPR.

To publish a press statement on this page, please write to this address.

11th Human Rights Council session: 2 - 19 June 2009

. Human Rights Watch, UN: Saudi Arabia Pledges End of Men’s Control Over Women, 12 June 2009

. Human Rights Watch, China: Government Rebuffs UN Human Rights Council, 11 June 2009

Session 4: 2 - 13 February 2009

. Human Rights Watch, UN: Nations show true colors at rights review, 13 February 2009.

. Human Rights in China, Press release on China, 11 February 2009.

. Centro Juridico para los Derechos Humanos, Press statement on Mexico, (Spanish), 10 February 2009.

. Amnesty International, Russian Federation: Implement recommendations of Human Rights Council, 6 February 2009.

. Asia Indigenous People’s Pact, Press statement on Bangladesh, 6 February 2009.

. Coalition of NGOs, Press statement on Canada (English, French), 4 February 2009.

. Human Rights Watch: UN: US Should Participate in Rights Reviews , 4 February 2009.

. Amnesty International, UN review must deliver on human rights (English,French), 3 February 2009.

. Asian Center for Human Rights, Bangladesh: Q & A session at the UPR, 2 February 2009.

Session 3: 1 - 15 December 2008

. MBDHP, Press statement on Burkina Faso, December 2008.

. Coalition of Colombian NGOs, UPR of Colombia (English, Spanish), 11 December 2008.

. Iteka, UPR of Burundi, 3 December 2008.

8th Human Rights Council session: 2 - 18 June 2008

. European Centre for Law and Justice, Nations Unies : L’ECLJ dénonce la persécution anti-chrétienne en Algérie. 10 June 2008

Session 2: 5 - 19 May 2008

. FIDH, Draft report of the UPR Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council (Review of Pakistan), 16 May 2008

. FIDH, "Examen Periódico Universal Recomendaciones al Estado Peruano", 8 May 2008

. FIDH, Recommendations to the Government of Pakistan on the Occasion of the 2nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review, 8 May 2008

. FIDH, "Swiss NGO coalition for the UPR : list of recommendations", 8 May 2008

. FIAN, "Ghana announces discontinuation of military protection for mining companies", 6 May 2008

. Human Rights Watch: Zambia: Universal Periodic Review of Zambia, 5 May 2008

Session 1: 7 - 18 April 2008

. FIDH, "Recommandations à l’attention de la Tunisie à l’occasion de l’Examen périodique universel Avril 2008", 8 May 2008

. FIDH, "Recommendations to the Government of the Philippines on the occasion of the 1st Universal Periodic Review Session, April 2008", 8 May 2008

. Philippines UPR Watch, Ermita is lying

Prior to the first session

. FIDH, "UPR – Adopt Safeguards against hazardous review of human rights", 4 April 2008. Also on FIDH website