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Summary: The Kenya Stakeholders Coalition for the UPR (KSC-UPR) has submitted a report assessing the Government of Kenya's progress in implementing UPR recommendations. What is the UPR? The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism under which the Human Rights Council examines the human rights situation in every Member State of the UN. Each State is examined once every four and a half years.
Kenya's Review
On 6 May 2010, Kenya were examined under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for the first time.
- You can read CRIN's children's rights references from the review
(includes details of which recommendations were accepted and rejected)
Further to the review, the KSC-UPR, which includes human rights organisations and the Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), submitted a a report assessing the performance of the government in implementing the recommendations issued during the review in 2010.
- You can read the full report in the attachment above
Lack of progress on children's rights
The report stated:
"On children's rights, we find that the government has not made much progress towards implemention of the UPR recommendations:the age of criminal responsibility has not been increased from eight to ten as was anticipated; enrolment of children in school, particularly those with special needs, is yet to increase and girls from poor households still miss out on school as they can't afford sanitory towels".
NGOs have a key role to play
In a conference to mark the end of the first cycle of the UPR (all 192 States have now been had their initial examinations), States and NGOs both agreed that the success of the process will depend on the successful implementation of recommendations.
NGOs and wider civil society, therefore, have an important role to play in monitoring the progress governments are making in implementing the UPR recommendations on the ground. This example by KSC-UPR outlines one way of assessing performance.
Further Information:
- Find out how you can engage with the UPR
- View the full 2012 UPR Schedule - see when your State is next up!
- Read CRIN's individual reports for all 192 States reviewed to date
- Find out more about the UPR and advocacy opportunities
pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/follow-up_kenya_stakeholders_annual_progress_re...