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UN Human Rights Committee to review Luxembourg, Uruguay, Ireland, Georgia, Hong Kong and Macao

28 June 2022

GENEVA (28 June 2022) – The UN Human Rights Committee is holding its current session from 27 June to 27 July, during which it will review Luxembourg, Uruguay, Ireland, Georgia, Hong Kong-China and Macao-China.

The six parties are among the 173 members to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Covenant as well as the Committee's previous recommendations.

The Human Rights Committee, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organizations, will discuss a range of issues with the six delegations through public dialogues on the following dates:

Luxembourg
29 June 15:00-18:00 (Geneva time)
30 June 10:00-13:00

Uruguay
30 June 15:00-18:00
1 July 10:00-13:00

Ireland
4 July 15:00-18:00
5 July 10:00-13:00

Georgia
5 July 15:00-18:00
6 July 10:00-13:00

Hong Kong - China
7 July 10:00-12:00
8 July 10:00-12:00
12 July 10:00-12:00

Macao - China
13 July 10:00-12:00
14 July 10:00-12:00
15 July 10:00-12:00

The above dialogues will be held in the ground floor conference room, Palais Wilson, Geneva, and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session webpage.

The Committee will hold a press conference on 27 July to present its findings. Further details will be announced in due course.

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For more information and media requests in Geneva, please contact:

Vivian Kwok at +41 (0) 22 917 9362 / vkwok@ohchr.org or the UN Human Rights Office Media Section at +41 (0) 22 928 9855 / media@ohchr.org

Background

The Human Rights Committee monitors States parties’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which to date has been ratified by 173 States parties. The Committee is made up of 18 members who are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties.

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