05/10/2020

UPR Info delivers statement for general debate on Item 6

The  45th Session of the Human Rights Council resumed on Wednesday the 30th in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  On this occasion, UPR Info delivered a statement for the General Debate under item 6.

UPR Info's statement focused on its participation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the impact of the Covid-19 .

“UPR Info invites all UPR stakeholders to seize the opportunity of this world crisis to use the UPR to make transformative change and build back better” reads the statement. In the same context, UPR Info encourages States to formulate during the UPR Working Group recommendations to address pre-existing human rights challenges and how they have been tackling the impact of the pandemic. 
The full statement is available here.