NGO press statements

In order to provide greater space to NGOs in the Universal Periodic Review process, we upload their press statements and articles on the UPR.

To publish a press statement on this page, please write to info [at] upr-info.org.

Session 10: 24 January - 04 February 2011

. Human Rights Law Resource Centre, Australia Faces International Calls for Human Rights Act, Same-Sex Marriage Equality & Constitutional Protection of Indigenous Rights, 28 January 2011.

. Burma Forum on the Universal Periodic Review (BF-UPR), Universal Periodic Review of Burma: Total Denial in the Face of Widespread and Systematic Human Rights Violations, 27 January 2011.

. Nepal NGO Coalition, UN’s Review on Nepal Outlined Human Rights Challenges Beyond the Peace Process: Nepal NGO Coalition Urges the Government to Take Proactive Leadership in Fulfilling Its Human Rights Obligations, 25 January 2011.

. Article XIX, Rwanda Undergoes first Universal Periodic Review, 24 January 2011.

. Burma Forum on the Universal Periodic Review (BF-UPR), Burma’s Grave Human Rights Situation Stands Before the UN’s Review, 19 January 2011.

14th Human Rights Council session: 31 May - 18 June 2010

. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Egypt: Rights Groups Expose Systemic Violations by Government Before UN Rights Council… Government Minister Pledges Minister Pledges Mechanism to Monitor Implementation of UN Recommendations, 13 June 2010.

11th Human Rights Council session: 2 - 19 June 2009

. Human Rights Watch, UN: Saudi Arabia Pledges End of Men’s Control Over Women, 12 June 2009

. Amnesty International, Document-China: China undermines Universal Periodic Review, 11 June 2009.

. Human Rights Watch, China: Government Rebuffs UN Human Rights Council, 11 June 2009

Session 4: 2 - 13 February 2009

. Human Rights Watch, UN: Nations show true colors at rights review, 13 February 2009.

. Human Rights in China, Press release on China, 11 February 2009.

. Centro Juridico para los Derechos Humanos, Press statement on Mexico, (Spanish), 10 February 2009.

. Amnesty International, Russian Federation: Implement recommendations of Human Rights Council, 6 February 2009.

. Asia Indigenous People’s Pact, Press statement on Bangladesh, 6 February 2009.

. Coalition of NGOs, Press statement on Canada (English, French), 4 February 2009.

. Human Rights Watch: UN: US Should Participate in Rights Reviews, 4 February 2009.

. Amnesty International, UN review must deliver on human rights (English,French), 3 February 2009.

. Asian Center for Human Rights, Bangladesh: Q & A session at the UPR, 2 February 2009.

. FIDH, Communiqué FIDH sur les violations des droits de l’Homme en RDcongo, 10 December 2009.

Session 3: 1 - 15 December 2008

. MBDHP, Press statement on Burkina Faso, December 2008.

. FIDH, Universal Periodic Review of Turkmenistan, 24 December 2008.

. Coalition of Colombian NGOs, UPR of Colombia (English, Spanish), 11 December 2008.

. Iteka, UPR of Burundi, 3 December 2008.

8th Human Rights Council session: 2 - 18 June 2008

. European Centre for Law and Justice, Nations Unies : L’ECLJ dénonce la persécution anti-chrétienne en Algérie. 10 June 2008

Session 2: 5 - 19 May 2008

. FIDH, Draft report of the UPR Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council (Review of Pakistan), 16 May 2008

. FIDH, "Examen Periódico Universal Recomendaciones al Estado Peruano", 8 May 2008

. FIDH, Recommendations to the Government of Pakistan on the Occasion of the 2nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review, 8 May 2008

. FIDH, "Swiss NGO coalition for the UPR : list of recommendations", 8 May 2008

. FIAN, "Ghana announces discontinuation of military protection for mining companies", 6 May 2008

. Human Rights Watch: Zambia: Universal Periodic Review of Zambia, 5 May 2008

Session 1: 7 - 18 April 2008

. FIDH, "Recommandations à l’attention de la Tunisie à l’occasion de l’Examen périodique universel Avril 2008", 8 May 2008

. FIDH, "Recommendations to the Government of the Philippines on the occasion of the 1st Universal Periodic Review Session, April 2008", 8 May 2008

. Philippines UPR Watch, Ermita is lying

Prior to the first session

. FIDH, "UPR – Adopt Safeguards against hazardous review of human rights", 4 April 2008.