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We are an NGO dedicated to advancing human rights through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 1d
📣Registration is now open for NGO Parallel Events during 50th UPR Working Group
🌍NGOs with ECOSOC status may hold in-person side events during the #UniversalPeriodicReview
✅Registration must be submitted through the online registration platform EVENTS: events.ohchr.org
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 4d
Have you registered yet❓
Join UPR Info for a focused online training designed for legal practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of the #UniversalPeriodicReview process and explore its practical application.

📅 17 October 2025
🕚11:00 – 13:00 (CET)
🗣️ English
bit.ly/4q9ydxy
The Universal Periodic Review and the role of legal practitioners
UPR Info is pleased to announce an upcoming online workshop specifically designed for legal practitioners.
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sourouulrich.bsky.social @sourouulrich.bsky.social · 5d
Un grand merci à @uprinfo.bsky.social pour cet entretien, ce fut un réel plaisir d’y avoir contribué.
Je tiens également à remercier chaleureusement le Codap pour son précieux soutien tout au long de cette expérience.
cliquez ici pour lire l'article 👉: lnkd.in/eaCuxmeX
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 4d
✨ Building peace starts with human rights ✨
At UPR Info, we empower actors worldwide to strategically tackle #HumanRights challenges and build lasting #Peace through the #UniversalPeriodicReview.
🎥 Take a look at this inspiring campaign from @intgenderchampions.bsky.social - #HearHerCall
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International Gender Champions @intgenderchampions.bsky.social · 4d
📣 This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let’s turn promise into action and #HearHerCall!

🎥Launching our new campaign with the first video, featuring Mona M'Bikay, Executive Director of @uprinfo.bsky.social and Maître Nelly Mbangu, Congolese human rights defender.

Do you hear her call?

#INTGenderChampions
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 4d
October 11th is International Day of the Girl Child 👧

As part of our series "People behind the UPR" we have published: 'Fighting violence against women in Mauritania' about the work of Zeinebou Taleb Moussa protecting women and girls' rights
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Fighting violence against women in Mauritania
Since childhood, Zeinebou Taleb Moussa has never tolerated injustice. This sensitivity has never left her.As a midwife, she has been confronted with the suffering of women and girls:…
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 5d
📢Final day for #CSOs and #NHRIs from the countries of #UPR52 to submit Other Stakeholder Reports!
🚨Do not forget to submit and shape the future of #HumanRights in your country!
📅10th of October 2025 is the deadline.
#UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 6d
Check out our latest article in the series "People behind the UPR": Breaking the invisibility of LGBTQI+ people in Benin.

Get to know Ulrich R. B. Sourou's human rights work!

upr-info.org/en/news/brea...

#UniversalPeriodicReview #LGBTQI+
Breaking the invisibility of LGBTQI+ people in Benin
"For me, the UPR is a non-binding global justice mechanism that allows the most marginalized voices to be heard at the highest level."…
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International Gender Champions @intgenderchampions.bsky.social · 7d
In her Tribune de Genève Op-Ed, Mona M’Bikay of @uprinfo.bsky.social urges action: 25 years after #UN1325, women still face the hardest impacts of war- but remain underrepresented in peace talks.

🔗 Read the full article (only available in French):
www.tdg.ch/resolution-1...

#INTGenderChampions
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 7d
Over 110 conflicts still hit women & girls hardest, yet they remain under-represented at #peace tables.
The #UniversalPeriodicReview gives #States an opportunity to implement the Res 1325 on #WPS
🔗 Article by @MonaMBikay on @tdgch
(only in French) bit.ly/46GrnrE
Let women shape peace
This year marks the 25th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 on “Women, Peace, and Security.”
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 11d
⌛️Only one week remaining for #CSOs and #NHRIs to submit Other Stakeholders' Reports for #UPR52
📢 Submit your report now to shape the future of #HumanRights in your country
📅 10 October 2025 is the deadline!
#UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 14d
Check out our most recent article on "The UPR Adoptions at the 60th Session of the HRC: key highlights" at upr-info.org/en/news/upr-...

#UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
The UPR Adoptions at the 60th Session of the HRC: key highlights
At the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the outcome reports from the 49th Working Group Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) were adopted.
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
This is the end of review adoptions for #UPR49. You can find all UPR-related documents here www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies... or on the UPR Info website.
#HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
Documentation by country
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
Thank you everyone who followed us live today during the adoption of the reviews of #Grenada #Türkiye #Guyana and #Kuwait.
#UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
The delegation of #Nicaragua did not attend #HRC60 for the consideration of its #UPR48 final report as previously hoped for during #HRC59.
#UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
Key themes that other stakeholders discussed following the report of #Kuwait included:
- Migrant workers
- Death penalty
- Freedom of expression, association, and assembly
- Freedom of the press
- Trafficking
#UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
🇺🇳This afternoon we will monitor the adoption of the review of #Kuwait (the end). Follow us live on X and Bluesky from news, and watch the webcast live here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1z...
32nd Meeting - 60th Session of Human Rights Council
60th regular session of the Human Rights Council (08 September – 08 October 2025)
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
Thank you everyone who followed us live this morning. We will reconvene this afternoon at 3 p.m. live from Geneva for the adoption of the review of #Kuwait (the end).
#UPR48 #HRC59 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
🇰🇼 The delegation of #Kuwait committed to the strengthening of the rights of women and equality within the country.
#RightsofWomen #UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
#Kuwait received a total of 290 recommendations, 206 of these were supported and 84 recommendations were noted.
#UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
During the opening statement, #Guyana stated that it is undergoing a constitutional reform to further protect human rights. It highlighted that noted recommendations on themes such as discrimination and the death penalty could see support following this process.
#UPR49 #HRC60
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
#Guyana received a total of 206 recommendations, 146 of these were supported and 60 recommendations were noted.
#UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
Other stakeholders called for #Türkiye to further protect the rights of its people, especially within the themes of:
▪️Freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly
▪️Hate speech and crimes
▪️Sexual orientation and expression
▪️Freedom of the press
#UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
Out of a total 334 recommendations, #Türkiye supported 252 and noted 82.
#UPR49 #HRC60 #UniversalPeriodicReview
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
🇬🇩 #Grenada highlighted the importance of cooperating with UN treaty bodies, international partners, and its #NMIRF.
#UPRGoodPractice #UPR49 #HRC60
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · 15d
During the opening statement, the delegation of #Grenada had stated that they had already implemented commitments to a number of supported recommendations, including the themes of climate change, protection of vulnerable groups, detention, gender equality, establishing an NHRI.
#UPR49 #HRC60
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