Analyses

UPR Info has been producing publications on the UPR, and collecting studies and documents written by others on the same mechanism, since 2007.

If you would like us to publish a document on our website, please contact info@upr-info.org

2021

Study on emerging Good Practices from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

09 June 2021
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2019

Promoting Compliance with Human Rights: The Performance of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review and Treaty Bodies

16 October 2019
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Equal Rights For All: Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of the Universal Periodic Review regarding LGBTI Rights

27 August 2019
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2018

The Role of the Universal Periodic Review in Advancing Children’s Rights in Juvenile Justice

12 June 2018
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L’examen périodique universel (EPU) des droits humains en Suisse : Bilan provisoire après trois cycles

30 May 2018
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The UPR and the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes

January 2018
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2017

L'Examen Périodique Universel: Relever les Défis du 3e Cycle

October 2017
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Beyond the Procedure: The Universal Periodic Review as a Catalyst for Public Debate on Human Rights

13 September 2017
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Italy and the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Playing the two-level game.

Andrea Cofelice, 05 July 2017
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Understanding the UPR: Methods of assessing its functioning

Edward McMahon, June 2017
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From Mwanza to Geneva: A guide on how small-scale farmers can get their voices heard in the UN

January 2017
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2016

UPR Info Pre-sessions: Empowering human rights voices from the ground

UPR Info, December 2016
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The Butterfly Effect: Spreading Good Practices of UPR Implementation

UPR Info, November 2016
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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics at the Universal Periodic Review

ILGA, International Bar Association & Arc International, November 2016
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Evolution Not Revolution

Edward McMahon et al., September 2016
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The Universal Periodic Review: A Skewed Agenda? Trends analysis of the UPR’s coverage of economic, social and cultural rights

Center for Economic and Social Rights, June 2016
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The role of the Universal Periodic Review in advancing human rights in the administration of justice

International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, March 2016
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2015

UPR: A Platform for Dialogue, Accountability, and Change on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Kate Gilmore, Luis Mora, Alfonso Barragues, Ida Krogh Mikkelsen, December 2015
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Enhancing the effectiveness of the UN UPR

CIVICUS, September 2015
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The Implacable Ritual: A study examining the inertia of death penalty abolition within the Universal Periodic Review

John Riordan, July 2015
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Minority Issues in the First Cycle of the UPR

Rita Izsak, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, March 2015
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L'impact de l'EPU sur la situation des droits de l'homme au Togo

Aimé Tchamie ADI, Amnesty International Togo, 2015
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2014

Beyond Promises - the impact of the UPR on the ground

UPR Info, October 2014
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UPR: Successful examples of child rights advocacy

Save the Children, May 2014
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Analysis of corporal punishment from 1st to 18th session of the UPR

Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, April 2014
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From Commitment to Action on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

UNFPA, 2014
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2013

Do Civil Society Organization-Suggested Recommendations Matter?

Edward McMahon et al., November 2013
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Acknowledging the SOGI norm: the politics of its recognition in the HRC and the politics for its recognition through the UPR

Aengus Carroll, September 2013
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SOGI Rights in the UPR

Mari Dahl Schlanbusch, 2013
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2012

On the Road to Implementation

UPR Info, October 2012
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A study of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) from the perspective of Children’s Rights

James Jolley, September 2012
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The UPR: A Work in Progress

Edward McMahon, September 2012
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2011

Cultural Relativism in the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council

Roger Lloret Blackburn, September 2011
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Evaluating the Implementation of UPR Recommendations: A Quantitative Analysis of the Implementation Efforts of Nine UN Member States

David Frazier, August 2011
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Accounting for human rights protection under the UPR: The difference Kenya’s stakeholders made

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, 2011
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2010

Status of Children’s Rights in the UPR

Children Rights Information Network (CRIN), November 2010
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Herding Cats and Sheep: Assessing State and Regional Behavior in the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Prof. Edward McMahon, July 2010
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Opportunities for Nongovernmental Organization Advocacy in the Universal Periodic Review Process at the UN Human Rights Council

Lawrence Moss, 2010
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2009

UPR: An ambivalent exercice

FIACAT, December 2009
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The Role of Parliaments in the UPR

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 16 September 2009
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Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights - Towards best practices

Commonwealth Secretariat, August 2009
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A Curate’s Egg

Quaker United Nations Office, June 2009
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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
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A Mutual Praise Society

UN Watch, 06 February 2009
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2008

Digging foundations or trenches?

Quakers United Nations Office, August 2008
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The HRC Universal Periodic Review: A preliminary assessment

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, July 2008
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2007

Building the New Human Rights Council. Outcome and analysis of the institution-building year

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, August 2007
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Government Positions on establishing a credible UPR mechanism

Democracy Coalition Project, 2007
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