Plateforme de suivi de l'EPU / UPR monitoring platform

The 47 Member states of the Council must appear before the Working Group in charge of the UPR every four years (see calendar for the 1st review cycle, 2008-2011). Each State will submit its own report. The High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) will then add a summary of references on the human rights situation in nations under review by UN organs through the UPR. The HCHR will also include a summary of other pertinent sources.

Each State will be allotted three-hours of discussion time. Afterwards, a “troika” made up of three States, each one from a different region of the world, will submit their conclusions and recommendations during the plenary session of the Council. The goal of this procedure is to assist each State in holding up its obligations and commitments to human rights.

This procedure is different from the previous ones already in existence, such as the Convention Committees. It is more of a political dialogue between State representatives, rather than legal experts, aiming to assist each State in holding up its obligations and commitments to human rights. Read the “Information Note for National Human Rights Institutions on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism”