人权理事会
普遍定期审议 

2013年4月16日

背景文件

人权理事会普遍定期审议工作组的第十六届会议将于4月22日至5月3日在日内瓦召开，计划在此机制之下审议另一组共14个国家的人权记录。

将在届会期间接受普遍定期审议工作组审议的这一组国家是（按照计划的审议顺序）：土库曼斯坦、布基纳法索、佛得角、哥伦比亚、乌兹别克斯坦、图瓦卢、德国、吉布提、加拿大、孟加拉国、俄罗斯联邦、阿塞拜疆、喀麦隆和古巴。会议将在日内瓦万国宫二十号室举行。 

工作组包含了人权理事会全体47席成员。按照计划，来自14个国家的代表将会见工作组，以展示各国为履行人权义务和承诺作出的努力，评估积极发展并发现挑战。各国接受审议的时间以及通过和发布报告的时间请见下方或本链接： 
http://www.ohchr.org/CH/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx

第十六届会议是普遍定期审议工作组在普遍定期审议第二轮周期中的第四次会议。接受审议的各国还将说明，它们已经采取何种步骤以落实在第一次审议中向其提出并已被接受的建议。这是普遍定期审议第二轮周期的组成部分。作为审议基础的报告可在以下链接查看： http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspx

在届会期间，工作组内将进行接受审议的国家和委员会之间的互动对话。每个国家的审议将持续三个半小时，另有半个小时用于通过每个国家的工作组报告。来自不同区域小组的三名理事会成员（或称三代表）将担任报告员协助每个国家的审议。届会中的三代表已于1月14日抽签决定。第十六届会议的三代表分组名单可在以下链接查看：
http://www.ohchr.org/CH/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx

届会的最终结果将在理事会2013年9月9日-27日第二十四届常会的全会上通过。

About the Universal Periodic Review

General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, which created the Human Rights Council, mandated the Council to "undertake a universal periodic review, based on objective and reliable information, of the fulfilment by each State of its human rights obligations and commitments in a manner which ensures universality of coverage and equal treatment with respect to all States; the review shall be a cooperative mechanism, based on an interactive dialogue, with the full involvement of the country concerned and with consideration given to its capacity-building needs; such a mechanism shall complement and not duplicate the work of treaty bodies."

Subsequently, the Universal Periodic Review mechanism was established through the adoption by the Council of its “institution-building package” - HRC resolution 5/1 - on 18 June 2007, one year after its first meeting. Among the elements of this package was the new Universal Periodic Review mechanism, which aims to ensure that all United Nations Member States, starting with the members of the Council, have their records examined in order to improve human rights conditions worldwide. Furthermore, the Council decided that these reviews would be conducted on one working group composed of the 47 members of the Council.

The UPR Working Group consequently held its inaugural session in April 2008 for the first group of States, the order for which was decided through the drawing of lots. With the holding of this first session the first cycle took off through which all 193 United Nations Member States have had their human rights records reviewed over a four-year period; this includes South Sudan which became a Member State during the course of the first cycle.

Per Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 adopted on 25 March 2011 and decision 17/119 pertaining to the review of the Council, the second and subsequent cycles of the UPR should focus on, inter alia, the implementation of the accepted recommendations and the developments of the human rights situation in the State under review. This resolution and decision also established that the periodicity of the review for the second and subsequent cycles will be four and a half years, instead of four, and thus 42 States would be reviewed per year during three sessions of the UPR Working Group. Moreover, the order of reviews established for the first cycle was to be maintained. The calendar of State reviews for the second cycle can be found at the following link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx

UPR Reporting and Objectives

In accordance with the Council’s “institution-building package”, and as reinforced by the outcome of the Council’s review adopted last March, the three documents on which State reviews should be based are information prepared by the State concerned, which could be presented either orally or in writing; information contained in the reports of treaty bodies and Special Procedures, to be compiled in a report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); and information provided by other relevant stakeholders to the UPR including non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions, human rights defenders, academic institutions and research institutes, regional organizations, as well as civil society representatives, also to be summarized by OHCHR in a separate document.

Per the adopted institution-building package, the objectives of the Universal Periodic Review are: the improvement of the human rights situation on the ground; fulfilment of the State's human rights obligations and commitments and assessment of positive developments and challenges faced by the State; the enhancement of the State's capacity and of technical assistance, in consultation with, and with the consent of, the State concerned; the sharing of best practice among States and other stakeholders; support for cooperation in the promotion and protection of human rights; and, the encouragement of full cooperation and engagement with the Council, other human rights bodies and OHCHR.

Provisional Timetable for the Universal Periodic Review Working Group 16th Session:
(Contains links to documentation page for each State)

Monday, 22 April

09h00 – 12h30 Review of Turkmenistan
14h30 – 18h00 Review of Burkina Faso

Tuesday, 23 April

09h00 – 12h30 Review of Cape Verde
14h30 – 18h00 Review of Colombia

Wednesday, 24 April

09h00 – 12h30 Review of Uzbekistan
14h30 – 18h00 Review of Tuvalu

Thursday, 25 April

09h00 – 12h30 Review of Germany
14h30 – 18h00 Review of Djibouti

Friday, 26 January

09h00 – 12h30 Review of Canada
15h00 – 18h00 Adoption of reports on Turkmenistan, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Colombia,  Uzbekistan, and Tuvalu

Monday, 29 April

09h00 – 12h30 Review of Bangladesh
14h30 – 18h00 Review of Russian Federation

Tuesday, 30 April

10h00 – 11h30 Adoption of reports on Germany, Djibouti and Canada
14h30 – 18h00 Review of Azerbaijan

Wednesday, 1 May

09h00 – 12h30 Review of Cameroon
14h30 – 18h00 Review of Cuba

Thursday, 2 May

16h30 – 18h00 Adoption of reports on Bangladesh, Russian Federation and Azerbaijan

Friday, 3 May

17h00 – 18h00 Adoption of reports on Cameroon and Cuba

Additional information on the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, including the reports for each country review can be located at the Universal Periodic Review webpage on the OHCHR website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx

Media contact: Rolando Gómez, Public Information Officer, OHCHR, + 41(0)22 917 9711, rgomez@ohchr.org

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