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Review 2009


Bhutan was reviewed on 4 December 2009. The troika consisted of India, Madagascar and Uruguay.


National report

. A/HRC/WG.6/6/BTN/1 – A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Compilation of UN information

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

United Nations Agencies, Funds and Programmes Main Additional
. UNCT - United Nations Country Team E 1, 2, 3

OHCHR Summary of stakeholders’ information

. A/HRC/WG.6/6/BTN/3 – A, C, E, F, R, S

NGO submissions

  NGOs Main Additional
. BRSG - Bhutanese Refugee Support Group E
. ECLJ - European Center for Law and Justice E
. GHRD - Global Human Rights Defence E
. GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children E
. Joint Submission E
. STP - Society for Threatened People E

Review in the Working Group - 4 December 2009

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

For statements in writing, see the OHCHR extranet.

Draft Report of the Working Group

. A/HRC/WG.6/6/L.10: Report adopted "ad referendum"

Adoption of the Report in the plenary – 18 March 2010

. UN press release

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

. Statement by Bhutan.

. The following States took the floor: Algeria, Cuba, India, Pakistan, United States, Sri Lanka, China, Saudi Arabia, Botswana.

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

- The following observers took the floor:
. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
. Lutheran World Federation

Final Report

. A/HRC/13/11 - A, C, E, F, R, S

Addendum

. A/HRC/13/11/Add.1 - A, C, E, F, R, S

Recommendations and responses

. UPR Info document: List of all recommendations made to Bhutan and the delegation’s responses.

News articles and NGO analysis on the review

. Kuensel Newspaper, Govt. to mull over UPR proposals, 16 December 2009.

. AFPA News.com, RGoB swims naked across Universal Periodic Review: A review, 5 December 2009.

. Kuensel Newspaper, Bhutan in the hot seat, 14 November 2009









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