Documentation for CSOs

UPR Info works to make the UPR easily accessible to all civil society actors. By clicking on the tabs below, you can find useful documents covering a wide range of topics such as UPR best practices, studies on the UPR, tips for working on monitoring and implementation of UPR recommendations, etc.

Cso Advocacy
Fundación Raíces - Spain - Factsheet (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Albania (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Colombia (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Info Pre-sessions: Empowering human rights voices from the ground (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Thailand (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Myanmar (EN)
UPR Advocacy Fact sheets Mongolia (EN)
UPR: Successful examples of child rights advocacy (EN)
Lobby guide by Ugandan stakeholders (EN)
Factsheet no 3 UPR Advocacy Paper Template (EN)
Factsheet no 3 Advocacy Strategy Table (EN)
Factsheet no 3 NGO Advocacy in the UPR (EN)
Opportunities for Nongovernmental Organization Advocacy in the Universal Periodic Review Process at the UN Human Rights Council (EN)

Factsheets1
Children Human Rights Defenders and School Related Gender Based Violence in Romania (EN)
Women’s Spirit - Financial Independence for Women Survivors of Abuse (EN)
Human rights situation in the Gaza Strip (EN)
Human Trafficking (EN)
Ratification and Domestication of human rights instruments (EN)
Child Rights (EN)
PCATI (EN)
Freedom of expression and freedom of the media: Strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPPs) as a form of pressure on the media (EN)
Freedom of expression and freedom of the media: Safety of journalists (EN)
Availability of Universal Human Rights Protection Mechanisms to Individuals and Groups of Individuals (EN)
Acces to quality education for all (EN)
Fighting social determinism in the education sphere (EN)
Protection of children against violence (EN)
Human rights to water and sanitation in overseas departments and regions (EN)
Human rights to water and sanitation for exiled people living in the northern french coast (EN)
UPR Youth Coalition (EN)
Anti-Roma racism in Romania (EN)
Phiren Amenca: Political and civic participation of Roma in Montenegro (EN)
Phiren Amenca Pre-session 43 Montenegro (EN)
CGLPL Factsheet (EN)
Botswana Pre-session 43 (EN)
LGBTQI Rights Pre-session 43 Israel (EN)
A Rocha Ghana Factsheet Pre-session 42 Ghana (EN)
A Rocha Ghana Factsheet Pre-session 42 Ghana (EN)
CHRAJ Factsheet Pre-session 42 Ghana (EN)
CHRAJ Factsheet Pre-session 42 Ghana (EN)
PEARL Factsheet Pre-session 42 Sri Lanka (EN)
TAN UX'IL Factsheet Pre-session 42 Guatemala (EN)
Save the Children Factsheet Pre-session 42 Korea (EN)
InterAction Suisse Factsheet Switzerland (EN)
AsyLex Factsheet Pre-session 42 Switzerland (EN)
ACT212 Factsheet Pre-session 42 Switzerland (EN)
ACAT Factsheet Pre-session 42 Switzerland (EN)
JCREC Factsheet Pre-session 42 Japan (EN)
RWA Factsheet Pre-session 41 South Africa (EN)
Atinuke Factsheet Pre-session 41 Brazil (EN)
IDDH Factsheet Pre-session 41 Brazil (EN)
IDDH Factsheet Pre-session 41 Brazil (EN)
Factsheet Pre-session 41 Brazil (EN)
Rural Women's Assembly South Africa Factsheet (EN)
Factsheet South Africa 4th UPR Lady of Peace Climate Change (EN)
Factsheet South Africa 4th UPR Legal Ressources Center Birth Registration (EN)
Factsheet South Africa 4th UPR Just Detention Safety & Security in Prisons and Other Closed Settings (EN)
Westcourt Advocacy Factsheet Pre-session 41 United Kingdom (EN)
Fundacion Ciudadania Y Desarollo Factsheet Ecuador (EN)
SAFEnet Factsheet Indonesia (EN)
Rights And Security International Factsheet Northern Ireland United Kingdom (EN)
Rights And Security International Factsheet Citizenship Deprivation United Kingdom (EN)
Fundación Raíces - Spain - Factsheet (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Egypt (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Madagascar (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Albania (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Cambodia (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Colombia (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Canada (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets UAE (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Japan (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Japan (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Japan (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Sri Lanka (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Ghana (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Uganda (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Uganda (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Uganda (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Uganda (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Uganda (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Uganda (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Moldova (Republic of) (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Moldova (Republic of) (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Moldova (Republic of) (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Moldova (Republic of) (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Moldova (Republic of) (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Moldova (Republic of) (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Mongolia (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Thailand (EN)
UPR Advocacy Factsheets Myanmar (EN)
Factsheet no 4 Follow-up (EN)
Factsheet no 3 UPR Advocacy Paper Template (EN)
Factsheet no 3 Advocacy Strategy Table (EN)
Factsheet no 3 NGO Advocacy in the UPR (EN)
Factsheet no 2 NGO written submission (EN)
Factsheet no 1 The UPR Process (EN)

documents
The UPR & Me: My Guide to Participating in the UPR (EN)
Tips for Engagment at Country Level for NHRIs and Civil Society (EN)
UPR Mid-term reporting: Good practices for UPR stakeholders (EN)
The Civil Society Compendium: A comprehensive guide for Civil Society Organisations engaging in the UPR (EN)
A Guide for National Human Rights Institutions (EN)
UPR Info Pre-sessions: Empowering human rights voices from the ground (EN)
A Guide for Recommending States at the UPR (EN)
UPR Training Manual for civil society (EN)

Monitoring
UPR Mid-term reporting: Good practices for UPR stakeholders (EN)
The Butterfly Effect: Spreading Good Practices of UPR Implementation (EN)
Factsheet no 4 Follow-up (EN)

UPR Info statement during high-level commemorative event on the occasion of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council: achievements and lessons learned (EN)
Technical Guidelines "Other Stakeholders "Report for 4th UPR Cycle (EN)
Working with ECOSOC: an NGOs Guide to Consultative Status (EN)
Third cycle Technical Guidelines for stakeholders’ written submissions (EN)
Guide for NGO submission online registration system (EN)
Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme - A Handbook for Civil Society - Chapter VII (EN)
Guidelines for video statements during UPR Working Group report adoptions at HRC plenary sessions (EN)

Database Issues Explanation (EN)
Database Action Category (EN)
2019 UPR Info Annual Report (EN)
Resume: Sharing good practices to protect Women's ESC rights through UPR (EN)
ICP Activity Report_ Kyrgystan (EN)
Good practices from Federal States in the UPR process EN (EN)
United Nations Human Rights Council: 48th Session Oral statement Item 6 – General Debate UPR Info – October 1st, 2021 (EN)
Joint letter among the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” of University of Padua, the UPR Branch of OHCHR and UPR Info (EN)
The UPR & Me: My Guide to Participating in the UPR (EN)
UPR Info Guidelines on Reprisals (EN)
Factsheet no 4 Follow-up (EN)
Compilation of statements on the UPR made under item 4.1 (EN)
Factsheet no 3 UPR Advocacy Paper Template (EN)
Factsheet no 3 Advocacy Strategy Table (EN)
Factsheet no 3 NGO Advocacy in the UPR (EN)
Factsheet no 2 NGO written submission (EN)
Factsheet no 1 The UPR Process (EN)
Summary of the new UPR modalities for the second cycle (EN)
Statement by Geneva for Human Rights (EN)
Summary of UPR Info’s conference on the UPR follow-up (EN)
Compilation of written proposals for the UPR review (EN)

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