21/05/2025

New Webinars: Optimizing UPR Other Stakeholders Reports

The deadline for stakeholder submissions for the 51st UPR Working Group session is on July 17th, 2025.

UPR Info, organises three free webinars (in English, Spanish and Portughese) to provide civil society representatives with key information and guidance to submit "Other Stakeholders Reports" to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). 

These online sessions aim to share technical information, online tools, and good practices in the drafting and dissemination process of UPR reports.

Webinar in English : 28 May 2025 at 9:00 CET

Webinar in French:  28 May 2025 at 16:00 CET

Webinar in Portuguese: 3 June 2025 at 11:00 CET

The English webinar is organized with the participation of Human Rights Measurement Initiative.

Civil society organisations, NHRI and other associations are encouraged to submit a report on the human rights situation of their country. Upon submission, the OHCHR will compile all of the civil society reports into a single summary report. 

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By submitting an "Other Stakeholders Report," civil society can 

  • Provide first-hand information and an analytical overview of the human rights situation in the State under Review

  • Suggest specific and action-oriented recommendations to States

This webinar is open to all the civil society actors, in particular to human rights defenders, CSOs and national human rights institutions from the States under Review during the 51th UPR Working Group Micronesia (Federated States of), Lebanon, MauritaniaNauruRwandaNepal, Saint LuciaOmanAustria, MyanmarAustraliaGeorgia, Saint Kitts and NevisSao Tome and Principe

The webinar will integrate the new guidelines published by the OHCHR, which reiterates the importance of focusing on the implementation of accepted recommendations and developments of the human rights situation in a State under review. Civil society is encouraged to include information on the follow-up of the previous review in their written contributions. 

How to Register

Register for the webinar in English here, in Spanish here, and in Portuguese here.

If you have any questions, please contact us at our email: [email protected]