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Next review: 2028
Recommendations received by Canada Recommendations made by Canada

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
06-11-2023
Adoption outcome report
03-2024
Stakeholders report deadline
01-03-2028
National report deadline
01-06-2028
Pre session
01-08-2028
UPR Working Group
01-11-2028

Civil Society Materials

Pre-session Statement

Pre-session Statement

Bay Mills Indian Community Presentation Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Bay Mills Indian Community Statement Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Canadian Centre for Housing Rights Presentation Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Canadian Centre for Housing Rights Statement Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Canadian Human Rights Commission Fact Sheet Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
FR
Canadian Human Rights Commission Presentation Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Canadian Human Rights Commission Statement Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
CCHR NRHN Joint Fact Sheet Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Fact Sheet Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Presentation Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
IWC-CTI & CIDDHU Fact sheet
EN
FR
IWC-CTI & CIDDHU Report
FR
Looking in Ontario Fact Sheet 1 Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Looking in Ontario Fact Sheet 2 Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre Fact Sheet Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre Presentation Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre Report Pre-session 44 Canada
EN
Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre Statement Pre-session 44 Canada
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/44/CAN/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Annex National report

A/HRC/WG.6/44/CAN/1 Annex 1
EN
FR
A/HRC/WG.6/44/CAN/1 Annex 2
EN
FR

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/44/CAN/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN
A/HRC/WG.6/44/CAN/2 Annex
EN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/44/CAN/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN
ASFQ - Avocats sans frontières Québec
FR
BSCC - Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
EN
CAP2 - CONGRESS OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
EN

Civil society and other submissions

Civil society and other submissions

AI - Amnesty International
EN
Broken Chalk - The Stichting Broken Chalk
EN
CASSA - Council of Agencies Serving South Asians
EN
CATHII - Comité d'action contre la traite humaine interne et internationale
EN
FR, ES
FR, ES
JS9 - Joint Submission 9
EN
FR

NHRI submissions

CHRC - Canadian Human Rights Commission
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNESCO org - UNESCO
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/55/12/A
AR
A/HRC/55/12/C
CN
A/HRC/55/12/E
EN
A/HRC/55/12/F
FR
A/HRC/55/12/R
RU
A/HRC/55/12/S
ES

Addendum

A/HRC/55/12/Add.1/E
EN
A/HRC/55/12/Add.1/F
FR

Civil Society Materials

Documents by CSOs

Factsheets

UPR Advocacy Factsheets Canada
EN
FR

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/30/CAN/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Annex National report

A/HRC/WG.6/30/CAN/1-Annex
EN
EN
FR
FR

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/30/CAN/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN
A/HRC/WG.6/30/CAN/2-Annex
EN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/30/CAN/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

CHRC - Canadian Human Rights Commission
EN

NGO submissions

ACLC - African Canadian Legal Clinic
EN
ADF International
EN
AHRC, St. Thomas Uni - Atlantic Human Rights Centre
EN
AI - Amnesty International
EN
BSCC - Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
EN
CAD-ASC - Canadian Association of the Deaf-Association des Sourds du Canada
EN
CAEFS - Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
EN
Caring Society - FIrst Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
EN
CCTC - Canada Tibet Committee
EN
CFUW - Canadian Federation of University Women
EN
Chair - Chair in Indigenous Governance
EN
CHALN - Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
EN
CHC-CCS - Canadian Health Coalition
EN
CRIAW-ICREF - The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
EN
EN
Egale - Egale Canda Human Rights Trust
EN
EN
EN
EN
EN
EN
EN
EN
FAFIA - Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
ICLMG - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
EN
ISI - Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
JS10 - Joint Submission 10
EN
JS11 - Joint Submission 11
EN
JS12 - Joint Submission 12
EN
JS13 - Joint Submission 13
EN
JS14 - Joint Submission 14
EN
JS15 - Joint Submission 15
EN
EN
JS16 - Joint Submission 16
EN
JS17 - Joint Submission 17
EN
EN
JS18 - Joint Submission 18
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
FR
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
FR
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
EN
EN
JS6 - Joint Submission 6
FR
FR
JS7 - Joint Submission 7
EN
EN
EN
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
EN
JS9 - Joint Submission 9
EN
EN
MCCL - Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Inc. Education Fund
EN
NACAFV
EN
EN
NWAC - Native Women's Association of Canada
EN
Service intercommunautaire d’animation franciscaine - Franciscans International
EN
FR
United Church of Canada
EN
WLP or WINDSOR PROFESSORS - Group of Windsor Law Professors
EN

UN Agencies submissions

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

Other submissions

IACHR-OAS - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights-Organization of American States
ES
OSCE-ODIHR - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights/Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/30/L.9
EN

Questions written in advance

Questions written in advance
EN
EN
Questions written in advance
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/39/11
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/39/11/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Canada
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Canada for Population and Development
EN
Amnesty International
EN
Canadian Human Rights Commission
EN
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada
EN
Minnesota Citizen Concerned for Life Inc. Education Fund (not delivered due to lack of time)
EN
Womens' International League for Peace and Freedom
EN

Follow-up

Miscellaneous documents

Letter from OHCHR on Implementation in 3rd Cycle
EN
FR
NGO Submission Matrix Canada - to complete
EN
FR

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/16/CAN/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/16/CAN/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Corrigendum Compilation

A/HRC/WG.6/16/CAN/2
EN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/16/CAN/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

CHRC - Canadian Human Rights Commission
EN
FR

NGO submissions

ACLC - African Canadian Legal Clinic
EN
AEHO - Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa
EN
AFN - Assembly of First Nations
EN
AI - Amnesty International
EN
AIDSLAW - Aids Law
EN
ASHNY - Atsikhata Nation of Yamassee Moors
EN
BC - British Columbia
EN
CC - Council of Canadians Blue Planet Project
EN
CCD - Council of Canadians with Disabilities
EN
CCLA - Canadian Civil Liberties Association
EN
CCPI-SRAC
EN
CCRC Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
EN
CCVT - Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
EN
CFC-SRI
EN
CFWU-NCWC
EN
CPJ - Citizens For Public Justice
EN
CRARR - Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations
EN
CSU-LIC - Concordia Student Union Legal Information Clinic
EN
CWP-CERA - Canada Without Poverty and the Centre for Equality Rights
EN
EAGLE
EN
EAGLE - Annex
EN
ECPAT - End Child Prostitution Child Pornography and Traffic
EN
FAFIA - Feminist Alliance for International Action
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
HDSC - Hassan Diab Support Committee
EN
HJP - Housing Justice Project
EN
HRW - Human Rights Watch
EN
ICJ - International Commission of Jurists
EN
ICLMG - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
EN
IFOR-CPTI
EN
IHRP - International Human Rights Programme
EN
IIMA-VIDES
EN
JH CENTRE - John Humphrey Centre
EN
JS 04 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 05 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 06 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 07 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 13 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 15 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 16 - Joint Submission
FR
JS 17 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 18 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 19 - Joint Submission
EN
JS 20 - Joint Submission
EN
OPACY - Office Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
EN
PINAY - Filipino Women’s Organization
EN
VV - Voices Voix
EN
WI - Wellesley Institute
EN

Annex NGO submissions

EAGLE - Annex
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/16/L.9
EN

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions
EN
EN

Questions written in advance additional

Advance written questions
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/24/11
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/24/11/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/24/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-fourth session
EN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Canada
EN
FR

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Canada for Population and Development
EN
Amnesty International
EN
Association for Progressive Communications
EN
Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims
EN
ILGA
EN
Insitute Womens Studies and Research
EN
Instituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice delle Salesiane di Don Bosco
EN
International Commission of Jurists
EN
International Indian Treaty Council
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/4/CAN/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/4/CAN/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/4/CAN/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

CHRC - Canadian Human Rights Commission (Joint Submission)
EN
FR
CHRC - Canadian Human Rights Commission (Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
FR

Annex NHRI submissions

CHRC - Canadian Human Rights Commission (Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
FR

NGO submissions

ACAT-FIACAT - ACAT Canada & Fédération Internationale de l’Action des Chrétiens pour l’Abolition de la Torture (Joint Submission)
EN
FR
ACFN - Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
EN
ACFN - Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation - Annex
EN
ACPD - Action Canada for Population and Development
EN
AFN - Assembly First Nations
EN
AI - Amnesty International
EN
APNQL - Assemblée des Pemières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (Joint Submission) - Annex
FR
APNQL - Assemblée des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (Joint Submission)
FR
CANHIVAIDS-LN - Canadian HIVAIDS Legal Network (Joint Submission)
EN
CANHIVAIDS-LN - Canadian HIVAIDS Legal Network (Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
EN
EN
EN
CCD - Council of Canadian with Disabilities
EN
CCD - Council of Canadian with Disabilities - Annex
EN
CCPI - Charter Committee on Poverty Issues
EN
CCPJ - Canadian Coalition for Peace and Justice
EN
CCRC - Canadian Coalition for the rights of Children
EN
CCRC - Canadian Coalition for the rights of Children - Annex
EN
CCVT - Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
EN
CFC - Canadians For Choice
EN
CHRI - Commomwealth Human Rights Initiative
EN
CPJ - Citizens for Public Justice
EN
CPTI - Conscience and Peace Tax International
EN
CRARR - Center on Research Action on Racial Relations
EN
CRARR - Center on Research Action on Racial Relations - Annex
EN
EN
CRCIML - Canada Research Chair in International Migration Law
EN
DRPI - Disability Right Promotion International Canada
EN
EGALE - Egale Canada
EN
FAFIA - Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (Main/Joint Submission)
EN
FAFIA - Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (Main/Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
FI - Franciscans International
FR
FNS - First Nations Summit - Etal (Main/Joint Submission)
EN
FNS - First Nations Summit - Etal (Main/Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
EN
ICLMG - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
EN
ILC - Independant Living Canada
EN
INET - Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade
EN
International Center for Transitional Justice
EN
FR
IPA - International Presentation Association
EN
JMHC - Justice for Mohamed Harkat
EN
JS1: Social Rights Advocacy Center - Etal (Joint Submission)
EN
JS2: International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development - Etal (Joint Submission)
EN
JS3: Womens Housing Equality Network
EN
JS3: Womens Housing Equality Network - Annex
EN
EN
JS4: Grand Council of the Crees Eeyou Istchee - Etal (Joint Submission)
EN
JS5: Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations & the International Indian Treaty Council (Joint Submission)
EN
JS5: Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations & the International Indian Treaty Council (Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
JS6: British Columbia Universal Periodic Review Coalition
EN
KAIRO - KAIRO
EN
LCAC - Land Claims Agreements Coalition (Main/Joint Submission)
EN
LCAC - Land Claims Agreements Coalition (Main/Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
LDL - Ligue des Droits et Libertés
FR
LLIN - Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
EN
LRWC - Lawyers Rights Watch Canada
EN
MEPACQ - Mouvement d’Education Populaire et d’Action Communautaire du Québec
FR
NUPGE - National Union of Public and General Employees (Joint Submission)
EN
NWAC - Native Womens Association of Canada
EN
PEN - PEN Canada
EN
PLS - Pivot Legal Society
EN
ROC - Right On Canada
EN
RSF - Reporters Without Borders
EN
WI - Wellesley Institute
EN
WI - Wellesley Institute - Annex
EN
EN
WWKN - The Cape Mudge Band Council
EN

Annex NGO submissions

ACFN - Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation - Annex
EN
CANHIVAIDS-LN - Canadian HIVAIDS Legal Network (Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
EN
EN
EN
CCD - Council of Canadian with Disabilities - Annex
EN
CCRC - Canadian Coalition for the rights of Children - Annex
EN
CRARR - Center on Research Action on Racial Relations - Annex
EN
EN
FAFIA - Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (Main/Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
FNS - First Nations Summit - Etal (Main/Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
EN
JS3: Womens Housing Equality Network - Annex
EN
EN
JS5: Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations & the International Indian Treaty Council (Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
LCAC - Land Claims Agreements Coalition (Main/Joint Submission) - Annex
EN
WI - Wellesley Institute - Annex
EN
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/4/L.3
EN

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions
EN
EN

Questions written in advance additional

Advance written questions
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/11/17
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/11/17/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/11/37: Report of the Human Rights Council on its eleventh session
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Canada
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Canadian Human Rights Commission
EN
Charitable Institute For Protecting Social Victims
EN
International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development (IORD)
EN
Iranian Elite Research Centre
EN
Joint statement: Indian Council of South America
EN
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
EN

Follow-up

Mid-term Implementation Assessment

UPR Info's Mid-term Implementation Assessment
EN

News

Related documents

A/HRC/55/12/Add.1/F (FR)
A/HRC/55/12/Add.1/E (EN)
A/HRC/55/12/S (ES)
A/HRC/55/12/R (RU)