UPR: Deadline for submission for 8th and 9th sessions

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This is a reminder of the deadlines for submission of information concerning the Eighth and the Ninth Sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review.

Submissions in relation to the 16 countries scheduled to be reviewed at the eighth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (May 2010) should be sent to uprsubmissions@ohchr.org by:

* 2 November 2009 for submissions on Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR; and
* 9 November 2009 for submissions on Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Armenia, Belarus.

Submissions in relation to the 16 countries scheduled to be reviewed at the ninth session of the Working Group on the UPR (December 2010) should be sent to the above-indicated address by:

* 12 April 2010 for submissions on Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malawi, Mauritania, Lebanon, Maldives, Marshal Islands, Micronesia; and
* 19 April 2010 for submissions on Mongolia, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, United States of America, Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia.

Please note that the page limit for submissions is 5 pages when submitted by individual stakeholders, and 10 pages when submitted by large coalitions of stakeholders.

Please note that all UPR submissions must be submitted and received by 12.00 pm Geneva time (CET) on the day of the given deadline. Late Submissions will not be considered.

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