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“All victims of human rights abuses should
be able to look to the Human Rights
Council as a forum and a springboard for
action.” Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, 12 March 2007,
Opening of the 4th Human Rights Council Session
The purpose of information is
to assist in understanding
the value of contributing to UPR’s,
which are regularly done
with each country and
relate to their practice of human rights.
The hope is that through these slides
Presentation People will be encouraged to
follow up the UPR’s, to affirm positive action
and hold the country accountable for their
promises.
The UPR is one of the key elements of the
Human Rights Council which reminds States
of their responsibility to fully respect and
implement all human rights and
fundamental freedoms.
HRC Website:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/H
RC/Pages/HRCIndex.aspx
The Universal Periodic Review
(UPR) is a unique process for
reviewing the human rights records
of all UN Member States.
It is a State-driven process, giving
each State opportunity to show
actions taken to improve
human rights in their countries and
to fulfill their human rights
obligations.
In the next two slides you can see
IPA commitments but as Good
Shepherd we can remember and read
our G S Position Papers and other
material in the following link:
http://www.buonpastoreint.org/jpen/recursos/good-shepherdcongregational-materialAnd also we can read the 29th
Congregational Chapter Direction
Statement.
This all relates very closely
to our IPA commitment to:
 Address the root causes of
poverty, especially by
confronting personal and
corporate greed which exploit
earth, her peoples and the
whole community of life.
IPA commitment continued:
Form international working groups when
needed to assist in bringing information and
experience from those engaged in grassroots
ministry to our IPA personnel at the UN.
Enhance communication
by using technology
creatively:
• To share resources
• To promote interest
groups
• To provide educational
material about the work at
the UN.
IPA UN
input
Country
context
Local
Ministry
The following slides give
a brief introduction
to a number of web pages
to assist in understanding
the UPR process and preparing
information for a
Non-Government Organization
(NGO) submission to a UPR.
This web page presents an
introduction to the Universal
Periodic Review. It is a short
video (3 minutes) explaining
what and how a UPR is done.
http://www.upr-info.org/-UPRProcess-.html
To access web page click on link in slide show
or copy and paste URL to the browser
This web page informs us about the
Universal Periodic Review:
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basic facts,
what it is,
how it came about,
what a UPR hopes to achieve,
who conducts a UPR,
how is it done,
what NGO’s can do,
how human rights are addressed,
and follow up to a UPR
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Page
s/BasicFacts.aspx
This page gives a short video that
explains what NGO’s can do in UPR’s;
it has short notes on the importance
of a broad consultation in
preparation for writing a submission
and submitting information on
human rights situations.
http://www.upr-info.org/-NGOs-.html
This page gives practical information on
what to include in a submission.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/UPR/Technic
alGuideEN.pdf
The key points are:
6c Promotion and protection of human rights on
the ground:
 implementation of international human rights,
 national legislation and voluntary
commitments,
 national human rights institutions activities,
 public awareness of human rights, cooperation
with human rights mechanisms;
(Contd.)
6e Identification of achievements, best
practices, challenges and constraints in
relation to the implementation of accepted
recommendations and the development of
human rights situations in the State;
Page 3 explains simply the Form (length,
format, identification, language) for writing
a submission.
Page 4 says when to submit contributions,
Page 5 explains how to submit a contribution.
This web page presents UPR Sessions:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRSe
ssions.aspx
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The first UPR Cycle took place from 2007-11
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All 193 countries of the UN participated in it
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The national reports, reports by other
stakeholders including NGOs, and
recommendations by the HRC Working
Group can be found by Session and Country
in the following link :
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pa
ges/Documentation.aspx
During the first UPR cycle
Out of 22 countries where IPA has a presence,
Presentation people from five countries
submitted reports in partnership with others :
Australia; Canada; Ireland; New Zealand; USA
A second UPR cycle is in progress from 2012.
Presentation people in Zambia participated in
preparing a joint submission.
Reference to it can be found in this link:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Page
s/ZMSession14.aspx
The HRC Working Group on UPR
made recommendations to the
Government of Zambia.
During the next four years, the government will
implement the recommendations.
NGO’s and other stakeholders will engage with
the government carrying forward the
recommendations.
The implementation of the recommendations
will be one of the main focus for the next UPR
for the government of Zambia and for other
stakeholders.
This slide shows three of the
many recommendations to the
government of Zambia
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Increase its efforts to further strengthen the
national mechanism for the advancement of
women and to provide such mechanism with
adequate resources.
Explore the possibility of utilizing human rights
training and programs, and other similar efforts
to further mainstream the promotion of the rights
of women and children.
Cooperate with the Special Rapporteurs visiting
the country and take into account their views.
GOOD SHEPHERD AND UPR REPORTS
2011:
 UPR: Brazil, submitted in November 2011 for the UPR
session of June 2012.
 India, joint submission prepared by Franciscan
International (FI) .
2012:
 Korea,
 Sri Lanka (joint report with FI),
 Japan (joint report with FI),
 Argentina (Joint Report with Points Coeur),
 Ireland contributed to local coalitions reports
2013:
 Malaysia contributed to the report coalition of Local
NGOs
The Second UPR Cycle is in progress
The following slides present…
 The schedule of UPR sessions for the
countries where Good Shepherd is
present
 Deadline for submissions by various
stakeholders including NGOs
Countries where Good Shepherd is present:
Second cycle of sessions
18th
18th
18th
18th
18th
19th
19th
19th
19th
19th
20th
20th
20th
session (Jan-Feb 2014)
session (Jan-Feb 2014)
session (Jan-Feb 2014)
session (Jan-Feb 2014)
session (Jan-Feb 2014)
session (May-June 2014)
session (May-June 2014)
session (May-June 2014)
session (May-June 2014)
session (May-June 2014)
session (Oct-Nov 2014)
session (Oct-Nov 2014)
session (Oct-Nov 2014)
NGO Report Deadline
17 June 2013
17 June 2013
17 June 2013
17 June 2013
24 June 2013
1 September 2013
1 September 2013
1 September 2013
1 September 2013
1 September 2013
1 February 2014
1 February 2014
1 February 2014
Countries
Chile
New Zealand
Vietnam
Uruguay
Cambodia
Albania
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Portugal
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Italy
El Salvador
Bolivia
Countries where Good Shepherd is present:
Second cycle of sessions
20th session (Oct-Nov 2014)
20th session (Oct-Nov 2014)
20th session (Oct-Nov 2014)
21th session (Jan-Feb 2015)
21th session (Jan-Feb 2015)
22nd session (May-June 2015)
22nd session (May-June 2015)
22nd session (May-June 2015)
23rd session (Oct-Nov 2015)
23rd session (Oct-Nov 2015)
23rd session (Oct-Nov 2015)
23rd session (Oct-Nov 2015)
23rd session (Oct-Nov 2015)
NGO Report Deadline
1 February 2014
1 February 2014
1 February 2014
1 June 2014
1 June 2014
1 September 2014
1 September 2014
1 September 2014
1 February 2015
1 February 2015
1 February 2015
1 February 2015
1 February 2015
Countries
Angola
Madagascar
Egypt
Spain
Kenya
Panama
Honduras
USA
Lebanon
Nepal
Austria
Myanmar
Australia
Countries where Good Shepherd is present:
Second cycle of sessions
24th
24th
24th
24th
25th
25th
25th
25th
26th
26th
session (Jan-Feb 2016)
session (Jan-Feb 2016)
session (Jan-Feb 2016)
session (Jan-Feb 2016)
session (May-June 2016)
session (May-June 2016)
session (May-June 2016)
session (May-June 2016)
session (Oct-Nov 2016)
session (Oct-Nov 2016)
NGO Report Deadline
1 June 2015
1 June 2015
1 June 2015
1 June 2015
1 September 2015
1 September 2015
1 September 2015
1 September 2015
1 February 2016
1 February 2016
Countries
Mozambique
Paraguay
Belgium
Singapore
Sudan
Hungary
Thailand
Ireland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Venezuela
(Bolivarian Rep of)
We hope this educational PowerPoint…
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gives us some idea of the UPR
processes
calls us to educate ourselves and our
networks re the importance of the UPR
urges us to study recommendations
for our respective countries and
collaborate with our governments in
their implementation
We hope this educational PowerPoint…
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invites us to use the UPR processes to
hold our governments accountable
encourages us to identify and partner
with others in our country in
preparing written submissions to
UPR’s
empowers us to participate in UPR
Sessions in Geneva and on webcast
“We commit ourselves to work zealously with
women and children, especially those who are
trafficked, forced to migrate or oppressed by
abject poverty. We support projects for
economic justice, confront unjust systems and
take a ‘corporate stance’ when appropriate”
(Direction Statement, Congregational Chapter 2009)