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Rwanda

Next review: 2026
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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
18-01-2021
Adoption outcome report
07-2021
Stakeholders report deadline
25-06-2025
National report deadline
01-10-2025
Pre session
01-12-2025
UPR Working Group
01-01-2026

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/37/RWA/1
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FR
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RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/37/RWA/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/37/RWA/3
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN
A/HRC/WG.6/37/RWA/3 - Annex
EN

Civil society and other submissions

Civil society and other submissions

PS 37 Stmt Defend Defenders
EN
PS 37 Stmt Freedom Now
EN
PS 37 Stmt Historically Marginalized Peoples
EN
PS 37 Stmt Ligue des Droits de la personne dans la région des Grands Lacs
FR

NHRI submissions

NCHR-Rwanda - National Commission for Human Rights of Rwanda
EN

NGO submissions

ADF International
EN
AHR - Advocates for Human Rights
EN
AI - Amnesty International
EN
ECLJ - European Centre for Law and Justice
EN
FN - Freedom Now
EN
HRW - Human Rights Watch
EN
JAI - Just Atonement Inc
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
JS10 - Joint Submission 10
FR
JS11 - Joint Submission 11
EN
JS12 - Joint Submission 12
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
FR
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
EN
JS6 - Joint Submission 6
EN
JS7 - Joint Submission 7
EN
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
EN
JS9 - Joint Submission 9
EN
JUBILEE - JUBILEE CAMPAIGN
EN
MAAT - Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNHCR Submission
EN

Other submissions

AU-ACHPR - African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
EN

Review in the Working Group

Questions written in advance

Advanced Questions - 1
EN
Advanced Questions - 2
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/47/14
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/47/14/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

Rwanda Civil Society Coalition on UPR mid-term report (January 2018)
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/23/RWA/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/23/RWA/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/23/RWA/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

NCHR-Rwanda - National Commission for Human Rights of Rwanda
EN

NGO submissions

ARTICLE 19 - ARTICLE 19
EN
CS - Cultural Survival
EN
EAJCW - EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF JEHOVAH'S CHRISTIAN WITNESSES
EN
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
HRW - Human Rights Watch
EN
ICAAD - International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination
EN
ISHR - International Service for Human Rights
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
EN
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
FR
JS6 - Joint Submission 6
EN
EN
JS7 - Joint Submission 7
EN
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
EN
EN
JS9 - Joint Submission 9
EN
ODESUDI - Open Democracy & Sustainable Development Initiative
EN
PI - Privacy International
EN
RSF-RWB - Reporters Without Borders International
EN
FR
UNPO - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
EN
YPDO - The Youth Potters Development Organization
EN

Annex NGO submissions

EAJCW - EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF JEHOVAH'S CHRISTIAN WITNESSES
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
JS6 - Joint Submission 6
EN
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
EN
RSF-RWB - Reporters Without Borders International
FR

UN Agencies submissions

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

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/31/8
EN

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions
EN
EN
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/31/8
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/31/8/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/31/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its thirty-first session
EN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Rwanda
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Canada for Population and Development
EN
Afrique Culture Internationale
EN
Article 19
EN
Canners International
EN
CIVICUS (Joint Statement)
FR
Franciscans International
EN
Human Rights Watch
EN
International Service for Human Rights
EN
Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme
EN
Rwanda National Commission for Human Rights
EN

Official OHCHR documents

Civil society and other submissions

Civil society and other submissions

UPR Assessment Report
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/10/RWA/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Corrigendum National report

A/HRC/WG.6/10/RWA/1/Corr.1
EN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/10/RWA/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/10/RWA/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NGO submissions

Article 19 - Global Campaign Free Expression
EN
CHRI - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
EN
ECLJ - European Centre for Law and Justice
EN
HRW - Human Rights Watch
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
FR
JS2 - Ecumenical Network Central Africa
EN
JS3 - Front Line
EN
UNPO - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNHCR
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/10/L.2
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/17/4
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/17/4/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/17/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its seventeenth session
EN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Rwanda
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Internationale pour la paix et le developpement dans le Region des Grands Lacs
FR
Amnesty International
EN
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
EN
Human Rights Watch
EN
Rencontre Africane pour la Defense des Droits de l’Homme
FR
Society for Threatened People
EN

Follow-up

Mid-term Implementation Assessment

UPR Info's Mid-term implementation Assessment
EN

News

Related documents

A/HRC/31/8/Add.1 (AR)
A/HRC/31/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its thirty-first session (EN)
Rwanda Civil Society Coalition on UPR mid-term report (January 2018) (EN)
A/HRC/31/8/Add.1 (ES)