Universal Periodic Review

The UPR is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four and a half years. Read more...

 

Basic FAQs about UPR

 

Information for NGOs and NHRIs

 

IDA monitors each session of the Universal Periodic Review and advocates for the integration of the rights of persons with disabilities into recommendations made to the States under Review.

 

Here below you can find information about the recent session of the UPR Working Group. For detailed information on past UPR Working Group sessions, please click the link "View All Sessions" at the bottom of this page.

13th Session (May - June 2012)

Countries:
Bahrain; Ecuador; Tunisia; Morocco; Indonesia; Finland; UK; India; Brazil; Philippines; Algeria; Poland; Netherlands and South Africa.

 

The UPR Working Group 13th session will take place from 21 May to 4 June 2012 in Geneva.

 

References to persons with disabilities in the reports that will be taken into account by the UPR Working Group in this session.

Parallel reports focussing on the rights of persons with disabilities*:

Algeria

JS1 - Platform of Algerian NGOs for the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (DPO coalition report)

Brazil

JS11  (DPO coalition report)

Finland

Finnish Disability Forum (DPO coalition report)

India

National Disability Network (DPO coalition report)

Morocco

-   Moroccan Collective for the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (DPO coalition report)
-   Report by a national association of associations of parents of persons with autism

Netherlands

JS3 - NGO Foundation Perspectief and Inclusion Netherlands (NGO/DPO report)

Philippines

JS5: Philippines Coalition on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (DPO coalition report)

Tunisia

Tunisian Collective for the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (DPO coalition report)

UK

-   JS9: Disability Rights Watch UK (DPO coalition report)
-   JS13: British Institute for Human Rights and others (DPO input given to a broader NGO coalition)
-   Mencap (NGO re: persons with intellectual disability)

UK - Scotland

-   Scottish Campaign for a Fair Society (DPO coalition report)
-   Scottish Association for Mental Health (NGO re: persons with psychosocial disability)
-   Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (NGO re: persons with intellectual disability)

UK - Northern Ireland

JS14: Human Rights Consortium to the UPR (DPO participation in a broader NGO coalition of Northern Ireland)

 

* The views expressed in the above reports are those of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IDA or of its members.

Some IDA suggestions for recommendations:

Based on feedback received from reliable country sources, IDA would like to suggest recommendations to be made to the following countries: Bahrain, Ecuador, Indonesia and South Africa.

 

IDA suggestions for recommendations for Bahrain, Ecuador, Indonesia and South Africa.

 

Forthcoming session:
14th Session (22 October - 5 November 2012): Czech Republic; Argentina; Gabon; Ghana; Peru; Guatemala; Benin; Republic of Korea; Switzerland; Pakistan; Zambia; Japan; Ukraine and Sri Lanka

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