UPR Agenda

In this section, you will find all organisational documents on the UPR and the HRC sessions.

UPR cycle calendars

Under the UPR, the human rights situation of all UN Member States is reviewed every 4.5 years. Each 4.5-year period is called a UPR cycle. This means that it takes 4.5 years to review all UN Member States. Calendars also include tentative or final deadlines to submit national reports.

For tentative deadlines to submit other stakeholders reports, refer to your country page.

4^th UPR cycle (2022-2027), 3^rd UPR cycle (2017-2021), 2^nd UPR cycle (2012-2016), 1^st UPR cycle (2008 – 2011)

UPR session timetables

There are three UPR Working Group sessions per year: in January/February, in April/May and in October/November. During each session, fourteen countries are reviewed. A UPR WG session lasts two weeks.

Timetable for UPR WG Sessions	Dates	Troika members
Timetable for UPR WG 41 (tbc)	From 7 November 2022 to 18 November 2022	Troikas for UPR WG 41

HRC session programmes

The Human Rights Council holds three regular sessions per year. They take place in March (4 weeks), June (3 weeks) and September (3 weeks). Item 6 of the HRC regular sessions is dedicated to the UPR. It is under this Item that the HRC proceeds to the Adoption of UPR outcomes related to countries which were previously under review. Item 6 also provides for a general debate on the UPR among States and other stakeholders.

Programmes of Work	Dates	UPR outcome adoptions
Programme of Work for the 49^th session	28 February - 1 April 2022	Greece, Suriname, Samoa, Hungary, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Eswatini, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand and Ireland.