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The UPR and the SDGs: Towards Joint Implementation and Follow-up
UPR Info in partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) will hold the side event “The UPR and the SDGs: Towards Implementation and Follow-Up” on Friday 15 November 2018 from 10:00 – 12.00 in Room XXIV of the Palais des Nations.31st session of the Universal Periodic Review
The thirty-first session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 5 to 16 November during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism.
UPR Info Welcomes a Record Number of States at Pre-Sessions 31
Overview
UPR Info successfully organised the most recent series of Pre-sessions on 9-12 October 2018 ahead of the 31st session of the UPR. The international human rights conference gave national human rights defenders from Belize; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Congo (Republic of); Jordan; Malaysia; Malta; Mauritius; Mexico; Monaco; Nigeria; Saudi Arabia; and Senegal the opportunity to present their concerns and recommendations ahead of the country reviews in the UPR Working Group from 5-16 November 2018. Held in the Palais des Nations, the Pre-sessions provided Permanent Missions with specific and action-oriented UPR recommendations drafted by civil society, which reflect the needs of the rights-holders.UPR Info took the floor at the General debate on Item 6
