Latest press releases related to the UPR
UPR Practical Guidance
In launching the Call to Action for Human Rights, on 24 February 2020, at the opening of the 43th session of the Human Rights Council, the UN Secretary-General stated that “new practical guidance to every UN country leader around the world to strengthen our platforms of cooperation to address human rights challenges utilizing the power and potential of the Universal Periodic Review” would soon be issued. A
UPR Practical Guidance, prepared by OHCHR, in consultation with the entire UN system, was finalised on
18 August 2020 and aims at providing advice on how UN entities at country level can engage in the UPR process to support progress by Member States on human rights and the SDGs, as well as on the prevention and sustaining peace agendas.
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Tips for engagement at country level for NHRIs and NGOs
Virtual workshop for committees in charge of human rights of the Parliaments of the
Caribbean and Canada,
Africa and Europe, Members of the Commonwealth, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, (13-14 July 2020)
Statements by:
Martin Chungong, IPU Secretary General
Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights
Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, HRC President
Regional Workshop on the UPR: Good practices, Follow-up Mechanisms and Synergies with the 2030 Agenda, Panama City. Panama (22-23 October 2019)
GA 74, Side event "Increasing parliaments' engagement with human rights" (14 October 2019)
Background information available in
Arabic,
Chinese,
English,
French,
Russian and
Spanish
Informal briefing for delegations:
Some UPR Good practices (videos):
