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Review 2009


Cuba was reviewed on 5 February 2009. The troika consisted of Gabon, Bosnia and Herzegovia and Uruguay.


National report

. A/HRC/WG.6/4/CUB/1 - A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Compilation of UN information

. A/HRC/WG.6/4/CUB/2 - A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Summary of stakeholders’ information:

. A/HRC/WG.6/4/CUB/3 - A, C, E, F, R, S

NGO submissions

  NGO Main Additional
. AI - Amnesty International E
. CDI - Centrist Democrat International E
. FN - Freedom Now E
. HRF - Human Rights First E
. HRW - Human Rights Watch E
. NSXXI - Nord Sud XXI E
. RSF - Reporters Without Borders E, S
. SSW - Christian Solidarity Worldwide E

The other NGO submissions are available on the OHCHR website here

Review in the Working Group – 5 February 2009

. Summary by ISHR

. UN press release

. Full webcast. For the webcast per speaker, see here.

For statements in writing, see the OHCHR extranet.

Report of the Working Group

. A/HRC/WG.6/4/L.8: Report adopted "ad referendum"

Adoption of the Report in the plenary – 10 June 2009

. A/HRC/11/37: Report of the eleventh session of the Human Rights Council

. UN press release

. Webcast of the plenary. For the webcast per speaker, see here.

. Statement by Cuba

. The following states took the floor: Pakistan, Venezuela, Qatar, Russian Federation, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Sri Lanka, China, Algeria and Egypt.

For all the statements made by States, see the OHCHR extranet.

- The following observers took the floor:
. Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF)
. Centro De Estudios Sobre La Juventud (CESJ)
. National Association Of Cuban Economists
. World Federation Of Trade Unions (WFTU)
. Organization For The Solidarity Of The Peoples Of Asia, Africa And Latin America (OSPAAL)
. China NGO Network For International Exchanges
. China Society For Human Rights Studies (CSHRS)
. Centrist Democratic International (CDI)
. Indian Council Of South America (CISA)
. Joint Statement: Human Rights Watch And International Federation Of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH)
. Federation Of Cuban Women

- The following NGOs submitted a written statement:
. Women’s International Democratic Federation

Final outcome

. A/HRC/11/22 - A, C, E, F, R, S: Final Report as adopted

. A/HRC/11/22/Add.1 - A, C, E, F, R, S: Views on conclusions and/or recommendations, voluntary commitments and replies

News articles and NGO analysis on the review

. Latin American Herald Tribune, Groups Say U.N. Panel Shutting Them Out of Cuba Rights Review, 22 June 2009.

. Human Rights Tribune, Cuba manoeuvre contre les ONG indépendantes, 10 June 2009.

. Russia Today, Cuba blasted over rights abuses, 9 February 2009.

. Human Rights Tribune, Universal Periodic Review of Cuba – A missed opportunity ?, 8 February 2009.

. Sydney Morning Herald, Cuba hails its human rights record, 6 February 2009.

. Prensa Latina, Cuba: Report to Human Rights Council, 18 January 2009.









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