New webinars: Optimizing UPR Other Stakeholders Reports
The deadline for stakeholder submissions to the 54th UPR Working Group session is 17 July 2026.
UPR Info is organising a free webinar in four languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. The webinar will provide civil society representatives with key information and guidance on submitting “Other Stakeholders’ Reports” to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
These online sessions aim to share technical guidance, practical tools and good practices for drafting and disseminating UPR stakeholder reports.
Dates
English session: 11 June 2026 – 09:00 CET
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French session: 11 June 2026 – 15:00 CET
Register here
Portuguese session: 17 June 2026 – 09:00 CET
Register here
Spanish session: 17 June 2026– 15:00 CET
Who is this webinar for?
Civil society organisations, national human rights institutions (NHRIs), and other associations are encouraged to submit reports on the human rights situation in their country. After submission, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) compiles civil society contributions into a single summary report that informs the UPR review.
By submitting an Other Stakeholders’ Report, civil society actors can:
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Provide first-hand information and analysis on the human rights situation in the State under Review
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Propose specific, action-oriented recommendations to UN Member 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 54th UPR Working Group: Togo, Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Iceland, Zimbabwe, Lithuania, Uganda, Timor Leste, Republic of Moldova, Haiti, South Sudan, Myanmar, Sudan and Ukraine.
The webinar will integrate the 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.
If you have any questions, please contact us at our email: [email protected].