Country Flag

Tanzania (United Republic of)

Next review: 2026

Timeline for UPR engagement in the current cycle

Please note that the Pre-sessions 53, held ahead of the 53rd session of the UPR Working Group, will take place from Tuesday 25 to Friday, 28 August 2026. The complete and final programme of the Pre-sessions will be published on UPR Info website at the beginning of August. The date indicated below is for reference purposes only.

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
01-11-2021
Adoption outcome report
05-2022
Stakeholders report deadline
10-04-2026
National report deadline
01-07-2026
Pre session
25-08-2026
UPR Working Group
01-11-2026

Civil Society Materials

Pre-session Statement

Pre-session Statement

Plan_International_Tanzania_presentation
Plan_International_Tanzania_statement
Tanzania_Change_Africa_Trust_statement
Tanzania_PINGOs_Forum_presentation
Tanzania_THRDC_presentation
Tanzania_THRDC_statement

Documents by CSOs

Factsheets

Plan_International_Tanzania_factsheet

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/39/TZA/1

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/39/TZA/2

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/39/TZA/3

Civil society and other submissions

Civil society and other submissions

PS 39 Stmt Amani Centre for Street Children

NHRI submissions

CHRAGG - COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE (TANZANIA)

NGO submissions

ABA CHR - American Bar Association Center for Human Rights
ADF International - ADF International
AI - Amnesty International
COC Netherlands - Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie van Homoseksualiteit – COC Nederland
CPJ. - Committee to Protect Journalists
ECLJ - European Centre for Law and Justice
Elizka - Elizka Relief Foundation
GIEACPC - End All Corporal Punishment of Children/End Violence Against Children
HKC - Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice
HRW - Human Rights Watch
ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
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
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
JS6 - Joint Submission 6
JS7 - Joint Submission 7
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
JS9 - Joint Submission 9
L4L - Lawyers for Lawyers
Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT)
PLAJC - TANZANIA PEACE, LEGAL AID & JUSTICE CENTRE (PLAJC)
SALC - Southern Africa Litigation Centre
SMPF - Set My People Free

UN Agencies submissions

UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Other submissions

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

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

Joint Submission

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/TZA/1

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/25/TZA/2

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/25/TZA/3

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

CHRAGG - Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance
CHRAGG - Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance - Annex

Annex NHRI submissions

CHRAGG - Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance - Annex

NGO submissions

ADF International
Article 19
CRR - Center for Reproductive Rights
CS - Cultural Survival
EGPAF - Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
HelpAge International
HRW - Human Rights Watch
JS1 - Joint Submission 01
JS10 - Joint Submission 10
JS11 - Joint Submission 11
JS11 - Joint Submission 11 - Annex
JS12 - Joint Submission 12
JS12 - Joint Submission 12 - Annex
JS13 - Joint Submission 13
JS13 - Joint Submission 13 - Annex
JS2 - Joint Submission 02
JS2 - Joint Submission 02 - Annex
JS3 - Joint Submission 03
JS4 - Joint Submission 04
JS4 - Joint Submission 04 - Annex
JS5 - Joint Submission 05
JS6 - Joint Submission 06
JS7 - Joint Submission 07
JS8 - Joint Submission 08
JS9 - Joint Submission 09
LGBT Voice Tanzania
LGBT Voice Tanzania - Annex
Tawia - Tanzania Widows Association
Tawia - Tanzania Widows Association - Annex
UTSS - Under the Same Sun
UTSS - Under the Same Sun - Annex

Annex NGO submissions

JS11 - Joint Submission 11 - Annex
JS12 - Joint Submission 12 - Annex
JS13 - Joint Submission 13 - Annex
JS2 - Joint Submission 02 - Annex
LGBT Voice Tanzania - Annex
Tawia - Tanzania Widows Association - Annex
UTSS - Under the Same Sun - Annex

UN Agencies submissions

UNCT Tanzania
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNHRC - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/25/L.9

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/33/12

Addendum

A/HRC/33/12/Add.1

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/33/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its thirty-third session

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Centre for Reproductive Rights
Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie van Homoseksualiteit - COC Nederlands (Joint Statement)
Human Rights Watch
Rencontre Africaine pour la défense des droits de l'homme

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/12/TZA/1

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/12/TZA/2

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/12/TZA/3

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

CHRAGG - Commission Human Rights Good Governance

NGO submissions

ARTICLE 19
EN - Equality Now
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Help Age - Help Age International
IHRB - Institute Human Rights Business
JS 1 - Joint Submission 1
JS 2 - Joint Submission 2
JS 3 - Joint Submission 3
JS 4 - Joint Submission 4
JS 5 - Joint Submission 5
JS 6 - Joint Submission 6
JS 7 - Joint Submission 7
MRG - Minority Rights Group
NNOC - National Network Organizations Working Children
Omega - Omega Research Foundation
STP - Society Threatened People
UNPO - Unrepresented Nations Peoples Organization
WLAC - Women Legal Aid Centre

UN Agencies submissions

UNCT
UNESCO

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/12/L.2

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/19/4

Addendum

A/HRC/19/4/Add.1

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/19/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its nineteenth session

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Tanzania

Follow-up

Mid-term Implementation Assessment

UPR Info's Mid-term Implementation Assessment

Miscellaneous documents

Advocacy charter by Tanzanian stakeholders