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Next review: 2027

Timeline for UPR engagement in the current cycle

Review phasei
Close
From the date of the Working Group session until the Adoption outcome report (approximately 4- 6 months)
Follow up phasei
Close
Approximately 3 years starting from the Adoption of the outcome reports
National consultations and drafting phasei
Close
1 year before the next Working Group
Advocacy phasei
Close
From the submission of Other Stakeholders reports until Working group session (approximately 7 months).
UPR Working Group
07-11-2022
Adoption outcome report
03-2023
Stakeholders report deadline
01-03-2027
National report deadline
01-08-2027
Pre session
01-09-2027
UPR Working Group
01-11-2027

Civil Society Materials

Pre-session Statement

Pre-session Statement

Centre For Child Rights Statement Pre-session 41 India
DHRDNet Presentation Pre-session 41 India
DHRDNet Statement Pre-session 41 India
Human Rights Defenders Alert-India Presentation Pre-session 41 India
EN, FR, ES
EN, FR, ES
EN, FR, ES
Human Rights Defenders Alert-India Statement Pre-session 41 India
People's Watch Presentation Pre-session 41 India
People's Watch Statement Pre-session 41 India
We Speak Out Presentation Pre-session 41 India
WGHR Presentation Pre-session 41 India
WGHR Statement Pre-session 41 India

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/41/IND/1

Annex National report

A/HRC/WG.6/41/IND/1

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/41/IND/2
A/HRC/WG.6/41/IND/2 - Annex

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/41/IND/3

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

NHRC, India - National Human Rights Commission, India

NGO submissions

AAA - ActionAid Association
ADF International
AI - Amnesty International
CDFI - Chakma Development Foundation of India
CIVIC - CIVIC-Bangalore
CSW - Christian Solidarity Worldwide
ECLJ - European Centre for Law and Justice
End Violence - Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children
FIAN - FIAN International e.V
HRW - Human Rights Watch
ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
ICJ - International Commission of Jurists
IHRC - The Islamic Human Rights Commission
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
JS10 - Joint Submission 10
JS11 - Joint Submission 11
JS12 - Joint Submission 12
JS13 - Joint Submission 13
JS14 - Joint Submission 14
JS15 - Joint Submission 15
JS16 - Joint Submission 16
JS17 - Joint Submission 17
JS18 - Joint Submission 18
JS19 - Joint Submission 19
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
JS20 - Joint Submission 20
JS21 - Joint Submission 21
JS22 - Joint Submission 22
JS23 - Joint Submission 23
JS24 - Joint Submission 24
JS25 - Joint Submission 25
JS26 - Joint Submission 26
JS27 - Joint Submission 27
JS28 - Joint Submission 28
JS29 - Joint Submission 29
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
JS30 - Joint Submission 30
JS31 - Joint Submission 31
JS32 - Joint Submission 32
JS33 - Joint Submission 33
JS34 - Joint Submission 34
JS35 - Joint Submission 35
JS36 - Joint Submission 36
JS37 - Joint Submission 37
JS38 - Joint Submission 38
JS39 - Joint Submission 39
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
JS40 - Joint Submission 40
JS41 - Joint Submission 41
JS42 - Joint Submission 42
JS43 - Joint Submission 43
JS44 - Joint Submission 44
JS45 - Joint Submission 45
JS46 - Joint Submission 46
JS47 - Joint Submission 47
JS48 - Joint Submission 48
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
JS6 - Joint Submission 6
JS7 - Joint Submission 7
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
JS9 - Joint Submission 9
KIIR - Kashmir Institute of International Relations
KK4 - KrantiKali
NCAT - NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORTURE
PI - Privacy International
QFI - Quill Foundation
SAHRDC - South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
SAR - Scholars at Risk Network
UCART - Udayan Care

Annex NGO submissions

AI - Amnesty International
JS10 - Joint Submission 10
JS12 - Joint Submission 12
JS18 - Joint Submission 18
JS28 - Joint Submission 28
JS38 - Joint Submission 38
JS42 - Joint Submission 42
JS44 - Joint Submission 44
JS45 - Joint Submission 4
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
JS9 - Joint Submission 9

UN Agencies submissions

OSRSG-CAAC - Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
UNCT-India
UNESCO
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Adoption in the Plenary session

Corrigendum Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/52/11

Follow-up

Miscellaneous documents

Letter from OHCHR on Implementation in 4th Cycle

Official OHCHR documents

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

NHRC India Mid-term Report

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

National Human Rights Commission

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/27/IND/1

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/27/IND/2
A/HRC/WG.6/27/IND/2 - Annex

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/27/IND/3

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

National Human Rights Commission, India

NGO submissions

AccessNow
ADF International
AI - Amnesty International
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons
Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India University
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action
Cultural Survival
EAJCW - Europenan Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses
Four Freedoms Forum
HRW - Human Rights Watch
ICJ - International Commission of Jurists
Indigenous1893
Internet Democracy Project
JS01 - Joint Statement 01
JS02 - Joint Statement 02
JS03 - Joint Statement 03
JS04 - Joint Statement 04
JS05 - Joint Statement 05
JS06 - Joint Statement 06
JS07 - Joint Statement 07
JS08 - Joint Statement 08
JS09 - Joint Statement 09
JS10 - Joint Statement 10
JS11 - Joint Statement 11
JS12 - Joint Statement 12
JS13 - Joint Statement 13
JS14 - Joint Statement 14
JS15 - Joint Statement 15
JS16 - Joint Statement 16
JS17 - Joint Statement 17
JS18 - Joint Statement 18
JS19 - Joint Statement 19
JS20 - Joint Statement 20
JS21 - Joint Statement 21
JS22 - Joint Statement 22
JS23 - Joint Statement 23
JS24 - Joint Statement 24
JS25- Joint Statement 25
JS26 - Joint Statement 26
JS27 - Joint Statement 27
JS28 - Joint Statement 28
JS29 - Joint Statement 29
JS30 - Joint Statement 30
JS31 - Joint Statement 31
JS32 - Joint Statement 32
JS33 - Joint Statement 33
JS34 - Joint Statement 34
JS35 - Joint Statement 35
JS36 - Joint Statement 36
JS37 - Joint Statement 37
JS38 - Joint Statement 38
JS39 - Joint Statement 39
JS40 - Joint Statement 40
JS41 - Joint Statement 41
JS42 - Joint Statement 42
JS43 - Joint Statement 43
JS44 - Joint Statement 44
JS45 - Joint Statement 45
JS46 - Joint Statement 46
JUBILEE CAMPAIGN
Kashmir Institute of International Relations
Kashmir Scholars Action Group
Lawyers Collective
Oceania Human Rights Hawaii
Physicians for Human Rights
Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity
PVCHR - Peoples' Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
SAHRDC - South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
The Child Rights International Network
The Good Group
Zo Indigenous Forum

UN Agencies submissions

UNCT-India - UNCT-India
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/27/L.8

Questions written in advance

Questions written in advance

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/36/10

Addendum

A/HRC/36/10/Add.1

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/36/2

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Canada for Population and Development
ADF International - Alliance Defending Freedom
Allied Rainbow Communities International
Amnesty International
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
Centre for Reproductive Rights
Franciscans International
India - National Human Rights Commission
International Commission of Jurists
Minority Rights Group
RADDHO - Rencontre Africains pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme
World Organisation against Torture

Follow-up

Miscellaneous documents

Letter from OHCHR on Implementation in 3rd Cycle
Matrice of Recommendations
NGO Submission Matrix India - to complete
WGHR India's 3rd UPR: Subject-Wise Classifications of all UPR Recommendations with India's response
Working Group On Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR), Advocacy Fact-sheet

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

Housing and Land Rights Network

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/13/IND/1

Annex National report

A/HRC/WG.6/13/IND/1 - Annex

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/13/IND/2

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/13/IND/3

Corrigendum Summary

A/HRC/WG.6/13/IND/3/Corr.1

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

NHRC - National Human Rights Commission

NGO submissions

ACJP - Ambedkar Center for Justice and Peace
AI - Amnesty International
ALRC - Asian Legal Resource Centre
ALRC - Asian Legal Resource Centre - Annex
CHRI - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
CRIN - Child Rights Information Network
CRY - Childs Rights and You
CSW - Christian Solidarity Worldwide
ERI - Edmond Rice International
ERT - Equal Rights Trust
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
HAQ Centre for Child Rights
HRW - Human Rights Watch
ICJ - International Commission of Jurists
IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre of the Norwegian Refugee Council
IFJ-HRFJK - International Forum for Justice and Human Rights Forum J and K
IHRB - Institute for Human Rights and Business
IIPJHR - International Institute for Peace, Justice and Human Rights
JS01 - Joint submission
JS02 - Joint submission
JS02 - Joint submission - Annex
JS03 - Joint submission
JS04 - Joint submission
JS05 - Joint submission
JS06 - Joint submission
JS07 - Joint submission
JS08 - Joint submission
JS09 - Joint submission
JS10 - Joint submission
JS11 - Joint submission
JS12 - Joint submission
JS13 - Joint submission
JS14 - Joint submission
JS15 - Joint submission
JS16 - Joint submission
JS16 - Joint submission - Annex 1
JS17 - Joint submission
JS17 - Joint submission - Annex 1
JS18 - Joint submission
JS19 - Joint submission
JS20 - Joint submission
JS21 - Joint submission
JS22 - Joint submission
JW - European Association of Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses
KIIR - Kashmir Institute of International Relations
LWF - Lutheran World Federation
NDN - National Disability Network
OFMI - Organization for Minorities of India
OGMA - Odisha Goi Mukti Andolan
PCI - Pax Christi International
PVCHR - Peoples Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
UNMM - United NGOs Mission Manipur
WGHR - Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN comprising of Action Aid in India
WV - World vision
ZIF - Zo Indigenous Forum

Annex NGO submissions

ALRC - Asian Legal Resource Centre - Annex
JS02 - Joint submission - Annex
JS16 - Joint submission - Annex 1
JS17 - Joint submission - Annex 1

UN Agencies submissions

FAO
UNCT - United Nations Country Team
UNCT - United Nations Country Team - Annex
UNESCO
UNHCR

Annex UN Agencies submissions

UNCT - United Nations Country Team - Annex

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/13/L.8

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions

Questions written in advance additional

Advance written questions

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/21/10

Addendum

A/HRC/21/10/Add.1

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/21/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-first session

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by India

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Canada for Population and Development
Amnesty International
Forum Asia
Franciscans International
Human Rights Watch
International Commission of Jurists
Save The Children
Sudwind
World Evangelical Alliance

Written statements by other stakeholders (adoption)

International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up statement by other stakeholders

Follow-up statement by other stakeholders

Joint statement: Habitat International Coalition, Asian Centre for Human Rights, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (June 2011)

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

WG Human rights in India - Preliminary assessement (2011)

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/1/IND/1

Annex National report

A/HRC/WG.6/1/IND/1 - Annex 1

Corrigendum National report

A/HRC/WG.6/1/IND/1/Corr.1

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/1/IND/2

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/1/IND/3

Follow-up

Follow-up

Joint statement: Habitat International Coalition, Asian Centre for Human Rights, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (June 2011)

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

National Human Rights Commission

NGO submissions

Action Aid
AITPN
AITPN - Annex 1
Amnesty International
Amnesty International - Annex 1
Amnesty International - Annex 2
Amnesty International - Annex 3
Amnesty International - Annex 4
Amnesty International - Annex 5
Amnesty International - Annex 6
Amnesty International - Annex 7
Amnesty International - Annex 8
Asian Centre for Human Rights
Asian Legal Resource Centre
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Centre for Organization Research and Education
Centre for Organization Research and Education - Annex 1
Centre for Reproductive Rights
Centre for Reproductive Rights - Annex 1
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Christian Solidarity Worldwide - Annex 1
Committee on Human Rights
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 1
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 10
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 11
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 12
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 13
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 14
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 15
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 16
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 17
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 18
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 19
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 2
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 20
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 21
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 22
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 23
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 24
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 3
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 4
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 5
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 6
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 8
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Ensaaf
Ensaaf - Annex 1
Ensaaf - Annex 2
European Center for Law and Justice
FIAN International
Front Line
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch - Annex 1
Human Rights Watch - Annex 2
Human Rights Watch - Annex 3
Human Rights Watch - Annex 4
Interfaith International
Internal Displacement Monitoring Center
Internal Displacement Monitoring Center - Annex 1
International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism
International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism - Annex 1
International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism - Annex 2
Islamic Human Rights Commission
Kashmir Institute of International Relations
Liberation
Open Doors
Partners for Law in Development
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 1
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 2
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 3
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 4
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 5
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 6
Reporters Without Borders
Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha
Society for Threatened Peoples
South Asian Forum for Human Rights
Srikrishna Commission
Torture Prevention Center
Tripura Peoples Democratic
World Barua Organization
World Organization Against Torture
World Peace Forum
Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Annex NGO submissions

AITPN - Annex 1
Amnesty International - Annex 1
Amnesty International - Annex 2
Amnesty International - Annex 3
Amnesty International - Annex 4
Amnesty International - Annex 5
Amnesty International - Annex 6
Amnesty International - Annex 7
Amnesty International - Annex 8
Centre for Organization Research and Education - Annex 1
Centre for Reproductive Rights - Annex 1
Christian Solidarity Worldwide - Annex 1
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 1
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 10
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 11
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 12
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 13
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 14
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 15
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 16
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 17
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 18
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 19
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 2
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 20
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 21
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 22
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 23
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 24
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 3
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 4
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 5
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 6
Committee on Human Rights - Annex 8
Ensaaf - Annex 1
Ensaaf - Annex 2
Human Rights Watch - Annex 1
Human Rights Watch - Annex 2
Human Rights Watch - Annex 3
Human Rights Watch - Annex 4
Internal Displacement Monitoring Center - Annex 1
International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism - Annex 1
International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism - Annex 2
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 1
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 2
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 3
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 4
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 5
Partners for Law in Development - Annex 6

UN Agencies submissions

FAO
UN Headquarters Department of Political Affairs
UNHCR
UNICEF

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/1/IND/4

Questions written in advance

Advance Written Questions

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/8/26

Addendum

A/HRC/8/26/Add.1

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/8/52: Report of the Human Rights Council on its eight session

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by India

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Amnesty International
Interfaith International
International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM)
International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO)
Joint statement: Action Canada for Population and Development, Federation for Women and Family Planning, Latin American Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights (CLADEM)
Joint statement: International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), Pax Romana (International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and International Movement of Catholic Students), Lutheran World Federation
National Human Rights Commission of India

Official OHCHR documents

Adoption in the Plenary session

Corrigendum Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/52/11