Library

 Danish Institute for Human Rights, UPR First Cycle - Reporting methodologies from the positions of the state, civil society and national human rights institutions, 2011.

 Roger Lloret Blackburn, Cultural Relativism in the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council, September 2011.

 David Frazier, Evaluating the Implementation of UPR Recommendations: A Quantitative Analysis of the Implementation Efforts of Nine UN Member States, August 2011.

 Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, The Role of Parliaments in the UPR, Parallel event to the 12th session of the Human Rights Council held on 16 September 2009.

 Children Rights Information Network (CRIN), Status of Children’s Rights in the UPR, November 2010.

CRIN’s major study of the UPR assesses the extent to which children’s rights are addressed in the mechanism. The first part of the report outlines the findings of a comprehensive analysis of the first seven sessions of the UPR (particularly the final recommendations). The second part documents the responses to CRIN’s survey by a range of organisations on the ways they have engaged with the UPR, revealing examples of successful reporting and lobbying strategies.

 Danish Institute for Human Rights, Spot on, UPR - An Introduction, 2010.

 Prof. Edward McMahon, Herding Cats and Sheep: Assessing State and Regional Behavior in the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council, July 2010.

 Lawrence Moss, Opportunities for Nongovernmental Organization Advocacy in the Universal Periodic Review Process at the UN Human Rights Council, 2010.

 Human Rights Watch, Curing the Selectivity Syndrome, 24 June 2010.

 FIACAT, UPR: An ambivalent exercice, December 2009.

 Commonwealth Secretariat, "Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights - Towards best practices", August 2009. This publication describes UPR, shares experiences and provides analysis of the Commonwealth countries that reported in the first year of the UPR process. This book is not available online but you can order a copy by emailing Jade Cochran at j.cochran [at] commonwealth.int. See more information on this flyer.

 Quaker United Nations Office, A Curate’s Egg, June 2009.

 Allehone Mulugeta Abebe, 1st Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia at the UN in Geneva, Of shaming and bargaining: African States and the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Law Review, 13 February 2009.

 UN Watch, A Mutual Praise Society, 6 February 2009.

 Aim for Human Rights, Collection of remarks on Enforced Disappearances: Session 3 and Session 4.

 Quakers United Nations Office, Analysis on the two first year of the HRC with a section on the UPR: "Digging foundations or trenches?", August 2008.

 International Service for Human Rights, Analytical overview of the UPR, April-June 2008, August 2008.

 Democracy Coalition Project, "Government Positions on establishing a credible UPR mechanism".

 Theodor Rathgeber, "The HRC Universal Periodic Review: A preliminary assessment", July 2008.

 Tiffany Henderson, "Towards implementation: an analysis of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the Human Rights Council", June 2008.

 Aim for Human Rights, Collection of remarks on Enforced Disappearances during the 2nd session of the UPR, June 2008

 Alejandra Sardá, "Second session of the Universal Periodic Review - Sexual Rights and Women’s Issues", Mulabi- Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos/Sexual Rights Initiative

 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), "Building the New Human Rights Council. Outcome and analysis of the institution-building year", N° 33 / August 2007

 International Service for Human Rights: Overview of the first UPR Session

 Alejandra Sardá, "First session of the Universal Periodic Review - Sexual Rights and Women’s Issues", Mulabi- Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos/Sexual Rights Initiative

 Lucia Nader, "The role of NGOs in the UN Human Rights Council",http://www.surjournal.org; Also available in Spanish and Portuguese

 Save the Children, UPR Toolkit, 2011.

 Danish Institute for Human Rights, Spot on: Universal Perioric Review An Introduction - A, C, E, F, R, S, Danish, Greenlandic, Anette Faye Jacobsen, 2010.

 AWOMIZ, Working with the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council, A Handbook for Civil Society Organisations, July 2010.

 Franciscans International, Toolkit on the follow-up for NGOs, June 2010.

 Urban Justice, Toolkit for NGOs, March 2010.

 FIDH, UPR Handbook, 6 August 2009.

 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme - A Handbook for civil society" - A, E, F, R, S (UPR segment only), 2009.

 Lobby guide by Ugandan stakeholders.

 Advocacy charter by Tanzanian stakeholders.

 Advocacy charter containing suggested issues, questions and recommendations to be made during the review of Kenya. This document was prepared by a coalition of 100 NGOs and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

 ARC International, UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW A Guide for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Advocates

 Oceania Human Rights, Questions and Recommendations for the review of Vanuatu, 2009

 Oceania Human Rights, Questions and Recommendations for the review of Chile, 2009

 Oceania Human Rights, Questions and Recommendations for the review of Tuvalu, 2008

 ARC, Compilation of references in UPR reports to sexual orientation and gender identity and suggested recommendations and Summaries & recommendations relating to sexual orientation & gender identity to States under Review during Session 3 (1-15 December 2008).

 Amnesty International recommendations to States under Review at session 3 (1-15 December 2008).

 Corrections on the Brazilian Report of the WG on the UPR - A/HRC/WG.6/1/BRA/4

 Oceania Human Rights: "Tonga: The Pacific Kingdom Promoting Greater Human Rights in Region"

 Oceania Human Rights: FRANCE: Focusing Specifically on Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific

 Conectas, Suggestions of questions and recommendations to be addressed to Brazil for the UPR

. Conectas, Roadmap for civil society engagement with the UPR - E, S, Portugese, 2009-2011.