CONGO News2nd cycle of Universal Periodic Review (5-19 May 2008, Geneva)NGO meeting with HRC President in view of 2nd session of UPR WG - 30 April 2008 - 11.00-12.00 - Room XXIVAmbassador Doru Costea, President of the Human Rights Council, would like to meet with NGOs for an informal discussion on wrap up to the 1st UPR WG and in the perspective of the 2nd UPR Working Group starting next week. Date: Wednesday 30 April 2008 (tomorrow) - Time: 11.00-12.00 - Venue: Room XXIV, Palais des nations, GenevaThe new review mechanism of the Human Rights Council, established by GA Resoltuion 60/251 and by the Human Rights Council in Resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, opens a number of avenues for NGO participation. 48 countries will be reviewed in 2008, 16 of them between 7 and 18 April 2008. CONGO will convene daily NGO meetings to facilitate NGO strategizong and information sharing, every day between 7 and 16 April, 6.00-7.00 pm in Room XXIII of Palais des Nations) Order of review - Universal Periodic Review in 2008 Download an informal matrix on the UPR process. 1st UPR Cycle (2008) CONGO convenes daily NGO meetings on the Universal Periodic Review during the session of the HRC WG on UPR, from 7 to 16 April, between 6.00 and 7.00 in Room XXIII. In addition CONGO also convened two other NGO meetings: The Council, sitting as a working group, will review 48 member states every year during three sessions of the working group, two weeks for each. As selected by drawing of lots on 21 September 2007 the 6th session of the Human Rights Council, the order of review of countries within the UPR mechanism for the 2008 cycle will be as follows (countries drown by lots to serve in the respective troikas of rapporteurs are indicated in italic): | | 1st session of the UPR | 2nd session of the UPR | 3rd session of the UPR | | | Dates of the WG: 7-18 April 2008
See the timetable of the Interactive Dialogue and Adoption of the Report for each country | Dates of the WG: 5-19 May 2008
See the timetable of the Interactive Dialogues and Adoption of the Report for each country | Dates of the WG: 1-12 December 2008 | | 1 | Bahrain - Slovenia, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka | Gabon - Nigeria, China, Azerbaijan | Botswana | | 2 | Ecuador - Italy, Mexico, India | Ghana - Netherlands, Bolivia, Sri Lanka | Bahamas | | 3 | Tunisia - Tuesday 8 April, 10.00-13.00 - Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mauritius, China | Peru - Mali, India, Cuba | Burundi | | 4 | Morocco - Romania, Madagascar, France | Guatemala - Gabon, Slovenia, Brazil | Luxemburg | | 5 | Indonesia - Jordan, Canada, Djibouti | Benin- Nicaragua, Madagascar, Germany | Barbados | | 6 | Finland - Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea - Peru, Egypt, Jordan | Montenegro | | 7 | United Kingdom - Egypt, Russian Federation, Bangladesh | Switzerland- Uruguay, Pakistan, South Africa | United Arab Emirates | | 8 | India - Indonesia, The Netherlands, Ghana | Pakistan - Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Azerbaijan | Israel | | 9 | Brazil - Gabon, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland | Zambia - Senegal, Switzerland, the Philippines | Liechtenstein | | 10 | Philippines - Malaysia, Mali, Germany | Japan - France, Indonesia, Djibouti | Serbia | | 11 | Algeria - Uruguay, Philippines, Senegal | Ukraine - Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Guatemala | Turkmenistan | | 12 | Poland - Brazil, Japan, Angola | Sri Lanka - Ukraine, Cameroon, Bangladesh | Burkina Faso | | 13 | Netherlands - Per, Pakistan, Nigeria | France - Zambia, Italy, Malaysia | Cape Verde | | 14 | South Africa - Zambia, Guatemala, Qatar | Tonga - Nigeria, Qatar, Mexico | Colombia | | 15 | Czech Republic - France, South Africa, Nicaragua | Romania - Angola, Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina | Uzbekistan | | 16 | Argentina - Ukraine, Cuba, Cameroon | Mali - Mauritius, Brazil, Japan | Tuvalu | | | Deadline for submission of NGO information on the countries to be reviewed:
20 November 2007 | Deadline for submission of NGO information on the countries to be reviewed :
25 January 2008 for the 6 first countries (Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea); 8 February 2008 for the 10 other countries (Switzerland, Pakistan, Zambia, Japan, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, France, Tonga, Romania, Mali). | Deadline for submission of NGO information on the countries to be reviewed:
To be announced at a later stage | Overview of States to be reviewed from 2008 to 2011 (source: OHCHR) Posted: 2007-10-16 Updated: 2008-6-19 |
