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Summary: CRIN has carried out a comprehensive research of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to ascertain the extent to which children's rights are addressed in the UN mechanism. This page contains CRIN's main research report, individual country reports, upcoming sessions and deadlines, and more information on the UPR and how NGOs can engage.
End of first cycle
All 192 UN Member States (excluding South Sudan) have now been reviewed under the new mechanism. The second cycle began in May 2012. CRIN will continue to monitor the UPR and all information concerning deadlines, upcoming reviews, research and analysis can be found on this page.
CRIN's 2010 Report: "The Status of Children's Rights in the UPR"
Mid-term Progress Reports
Now that the focus of the UPR process moves onto the steps States are taking to implement the recommendations issued to them in their initial reviews, NGOs have an important role to play in monitoring progress.
Progress reports submitted by States
States are encouraged to voluntarily submit update reports on the steps they are taking to implement the recommendations made to them during their reviews. To date, only a limited number of States have submitted reports.
The following States have submitted progress reports. CRIN has studied each mid-term report and extracted references to child rights, compiling separate reports. Both the original report and the child rights extract report can be found below.
- Argentina (in Spanish only) Child rights extract report (spanish)
- Azerbaijan Child rights extract report
- Bahrain Child rights extract report
- Benin (in French only)
- Chile (in Spanish only)
- Colombia (in Spanish only) Child rights extract report (Spanish)
- Costa Rica (in Spanish only)
- Ecuador (in Spanish only) Child rights extract report (Spanish)
- Finland Child rights extract report
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Child rights extract report
- France (in French only)
- Japan Child rights extract report
- Kenya Child rights extract report
- Mauritius Child rights extract report
- Netherlands Child rights extract report
- Poland Child rights extract report
- Portugal
- Romania Child rights extract report
- Slovenia Child rights extract report
- Sweden
- Spain (in Spanish only)
- Switzerland (in French only)
- Ukraine (in Russian only)
- United Kingdom Child rights extracts
- Uruguay
To read the original mid-term reports for the countries above, click here.
N.B CRIN will be uploading more reports as soon as they become available.
Eighty-nine States have committed to submit a mid-term report during the second cycle of the UPR.
Find out if your government agreed to produce a report, here.
Progress reports submitted by NGOs
Some NGOs have also started to submit reports assessing the progress being made by States to implement the recommendations issued to them during their review.
Here are some examples:
- Indian NGOs criticise State's provisional UPR report
- Kenyan NGOs assess government's implementation progress
- UPR-HR Forum, Status report on Bangladesh (July 2009 - July 2011)
- Odhikar, report on Bangladesh (2011)
- Bahá’í International Community report on Iran (2011)
- Colombia
- France
- Israel
- Cambodia: "All Talk, Little Action: Two Years After UN Human Rights Review"
Please do share with us any of your reports by contacting us at [email protected].
UPCOMING STATE REVIEWS (SECOND CYCLE)
Session 26: October - November 2016
Session 25: April - May 2016
States under review:
Session 24: January - February 2016
States under review:
Session 23: October - November 2015
States under review:
Session 22: April - May 2015
States under review:
Session 21: January - February 2015
States under review:
Session 20: 20 - 31 October 2014
States under review:
Session 19: 28 April - 9 May 2014
States under review:
Session 18: 27 January - 7 February 2014
Read CRIN's summaries of the reviews for each country.
The reports were adopted at the 25th session of the Human Rights Council.
Session 17: 21 October - 1 November 2013
The reports were adopted at the 25th session of the Human Rights Council.
Session 16: 22 April - 3 May 2013
- Read summaries of the reviews for each country.
- The reports were adopted at the Human Rights Council's 24th session. Visit our session page.
15th Session: 21 January to 1 February 2013
Luxembourg Barbados Montenegro
United Arab Emirates Israel Liechtenstein Serbia
Session 14: 22 October - 5 November 2012
Czech Republic Argentina Gabon Ghana
Peru Guatemala Benin Republic of Korea
Switzerland Pakistan Zambia Japan
Session 13: 21 May - 4 June 2012
Countries to be reviewed:
Bahrain Ecuador Tunisia Morocco
Indonesia Finland United Kingdom India
Brazil Philippines Algeria Poland
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COMPLETED STATED REVIEWS (FIRST CYCLE)
For countries below who have completed the UPR process, available are the pre-review reports as well as the final report and conclusion / recommendations from the working group meeting. Click on a country to access all of these reports.
- UPR Session 12
- UPR Session 11
- UPR Session 10
- UPR Session 9
- UPR Session 8
- UPR Session 7
- UPR Session 6
- UPR Session 5
- UPR Session 4
- UPR Session 3
- UPR Session 2
- UPR Session 1
Session 12: 3 - 14 October 2011
Countries to be reviewed:
Tajikistan Tanzania Antigua and Barbuda
Swaziland Trinidad and Tobago Thailand Ireland
Togo Syria Venezuela Iceland Zimbabwe Lithuania
Uganda Timor-Leste Moldova Haiti
Countries to be reviewed:
Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Palau
Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Solomon Islands
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname
Belgium Denmark Greece Hungary Latvia
Session 10: 24 January to 4 February 2011
Countries to be reviewed:
Nauru Rwanda Nepal Saint Lucia Oman Austria
Myanmar Australia Georgia St. Kitts and Nevis
Sao Tome and Principe Namibia Niger Mozambique
Session 9: 1 - 12 November 2010
Countries to be reviewed:
Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Lebanon Maldives
Marshal Islands Mongolia Honduras Jamaica Panama
United States of America Andorra Bulgaria Croatia
Countries to be reviewed:
Kyrgyzstan Kiribati Guinea Laos Spain Lesotho
Kenya Armenia Guinea-Bissau Sweden Grenada
*Haiti will now be reviewed during the 12th UPR session.
Session 7 - 8th to 19th February 2010
Countries reviewed:
Qatar Nicaragua Italy El Salvador Gambia Bolivia
Fiji San Marino Kazahkstan Angola Iran Madagascar
Iraq Slovenia Egypt Bosnia & Herzegovina
Session 6 - 30 November to 11h December 2009
Countries reviewed:
Eritrea Cyprus Dominican Republic Cambodia Norway
Albania Democratic Republic of Congo Cote d'Ivoire Portugal
Bhutan Dominica Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Brunei Darussalam Costa Rica Equitorial Guinea Ethiopia
Session 5 - 4th to 15th May 2009
Countries reviewed:
Central African Republic Monaco Belize Chad Congo
Malta New Zealand Afghanistan Chile Vietnam
Uruguay Yemen Vanuatu Macedonia Comoros Slovakia
Session 4 - 2nd to 13th February 2009
Countries reviewed:
Germany Djibouti Canada Bangladesh Russian Federation
Azerbaijan Cameroon Cuba Saudi Arabia Senegal China
Nigeria Mexico Mauritius Jordan Malaysia
Session 3 - 1st to 15th December 2008
Countries reviewed:
Botswana Bahamas Burundi Luxembourg Barbados
Montenegro United Arab Emirates Israel Liechtenstein
Serbia Turkmenistan Burkina Faso Cape Verde
Session 2 - 5th to 19th May 2008
Countries reviewed:
Gabon Ghana Peru Guatemala Benin Republic of Korea
Switzerland Pakistan Zambia Japan Ukraine Sri Lanka
Session 1 - 7th to 18th April 2008
Countries reviewed:
Bahrain Ecuador Tunisia Morocco Indonesia
Finland United Kingdom India Brazil South Africa
Czech Republic Argentina Netherlands Algeria
Original Reports
To view the original UPR reports for each country, click here and select a country
Further explanation / analysis of the UPR
- The NGO Group for the CRC has compiled fact sheets on the UPR, including tips on writing reports and drawing up concise recommendations. Read them, here.
- OHCHR detail on their website how the UPR process works, click here.
- UPR-info.org have information on the UPR process, including NGO participation. Click here.
- International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) produce analytical coverage of all reviews, click here.
The UPR in the Human Rights Council Review
The five-year review of the Human Rights Council's work and functioning, and a review of the Council's 'status', were completed in 2011.
Key changes concerning the UPR:
1. The period between reviews has lengthened from 4 to 4.5 years
2. The Working Group reviews have been extended to 3.5 hours.
3. A separate section in the Stakeholder compilation report will be attributed to the national human rights institution of the State under review.
CRIN has covered the review and outcomes. Read the following:
- The outcomes and implications for NGOs
- NGOs response to the outcomes
- The final text (outcome document)
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CRIN's report of the review process
(Including the views of individual States)
The Working Group of the NGO Group for the CRC for the Human Rights Council (of which CRIN are a part), comprises a group of children's rights focused organisations collaborating on all areas of the Council's work, including the UPR.
For more information, contact the co-convenors of the NGO WG:
Alan Kikuchi-White, Geneva Representative
SOS-Kinderdorf International
Email: [email protected]
Or Veronica Yates, CRIN
Email: [email protected]
Visit: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/subgroup-CHR.asp
pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Status_of_Children's_Rights_in_the_UPR_2010_22n...