On 12-13 August 2017, the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR), in partnership with UPR Info, organised a post-UPR civil society strategy workshop in New Delhi, India. The event gathered some 60 participants from more than 13 states across India, representing a wide spectrum of rights holders, including: children; women; human rights defenders; persons living with disabilities;
The adoption of the 26th UPR Working Group Reports at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in March 2017 marked the completion of the second UPR cycle. 57,686 recommendations were received over cycle one and two.
The 26th Session of the UPR Working Group took place from 31st October to 11th November 2016 during which 2,461 recommendations were made to the 11 States under Review: Haiti, Iceland, Lithuania, Moldova (Republic of), South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Timor Leste, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Zimbabwe.
The 36th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) is scheduled to take place from 11-29 September 2017, during which the Working Group (WG) Reports from the 27th session of the UPR will be adopted.
