Universal Periodic Review

Documentation

In accordance with the Human Rights Council’s “institution-building package”, the documents on which the reviews are based are:

Information prepared by the State concerned, which can take the form of a national report, and any other information considered relevant by the State concerned, which could be presented either orally or in writing.

Information contained in the reports of treaty bodies, special procedures, including observations and comments by the State concerned, and other relevant official United Nations documents, compiled in a report prepared by the OHCHR.

Information provided by “other relevant stakeholders” to the universal periodic review, which will be summarized by the OHCHR in a document. Stakeholders include, inter alia, NGOs, NHRIs, Human rights defenders, Academic institutions and Research institutes, Regional organizations, as well as civil society representatives.  

The national report shall be prepared on the basis of general guidelines adopted by the Council at its sixth session on 27 September 2007. The documents prepared by the OHCHR should be elaborated following the structure of these general guidelines.

Each of these reports in official languages (upon availability) can be found below.

(Please note: The lists only mention the countries for which documents have already been prepared for their review).