UPR Info
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| Founded | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Roland Chauville |
| Type | Non-profit NGO |
| Focus | UPR Mechanism, UN, Human Rights Council, Human Rights |
| Headquarters | 3, Rue de Varembé, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland Phone: + 41 22 321 77 70 |
| Location | |
Area served | worldwide |
| Products | Handbooks, Factsheets, Analyses, trainings |
| Services | Pre-sessions, Follow-up Programme, database on UPR recommendations |
| Method | strengthen the national human rights protection system, supporting governments, institutions, and human rights defenders, leading and participating in coalitions for the UPR |
Key people | Roland Chauville – Executive Director Miloon Kothari – Chair |
Employees | 6 |
| Website | upr-info.org |
UPR Info is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) headquarted in Switzerland, with regional offices in Thailand and Kenya. The organisation main goal is to raise awareness and provide capacity-building tools to the different actors of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, such as United Nations Member States, NGOs, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) and civil society actors. It was established in 2008 and is in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
UPR Info organises "Pre-sessions" before the actual UPRs.[1][2][3][4] It released a major publication on the Universal Periodic Review in 2014, "Beyond promises: the impact of the UPR on the ground",[5] widely acknowledged by NGOs.[6][7][8][9][10]
The material produced by the organisation, in particular its database that includes over 46,000 UPR recommendations,[11] has been used by several scholars[12][13][14] to document the UPR mechanism.
Founder
UPR Info was founded in 2008 by Roland Chauville.[15] He is the current Executive Director.
Presidency
From 2011 to 2015, Bertrand Ramcharan was UPR Info's first elected president.[16]
Since 2015, Miloon Kothari fulfils this role.[17]
Major publications
- A Guide for Recommending States at the UPR, September 2015
- Starting all over again? An analysis of the links between the 1st and 2nd UPR cycle, January 2015
- Beyond Promises - the impact of the UPR on the ground, October 2014
- On the road to implementation, October 2012
- Analytical Assessment of the UPR 2008-2010, October 2010
References
- ^ http://www.worldcoalition.org/Abolitionist-NGOs-lobby-to-educate-UN-member-states-in-Geneva.html
- ^ http://www.jwa.ir/index.php?id=139&tx_news_pi1[news]=350&tx_news_pi1[controller]=News&tx_news_pi1[action]=detail&cHash=63b1d6fc9c1885d65085f8b537bc0f02
- ^ http://justice4iran.org/j4iran-activities/universal-periodic-review-jfi-will-address-the-medicalisation-of-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-at-upr-pre-session/
- ^ http://transparency.am/en/news/view/885
- ^ http://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/general-document/pdf/2014_beyond_promises.pdf
- ^ http://drpi.research.yorku.ca/upr-info-releases-assessment/
- ^ http://www.universal-rights.org/uncategorized/the-upr-mechanism-delivering-real-change/
- ^ http://www.fian.de/artikelansicht/2015-11-16-nepal-zwischen-nothilfe-und-neuordnung/
- ^ https://www.culturalsurvival.org/node/11493
- ^ http://www.universal-rights.org/uncategorized/the-upr-mechanism-delivering-real-change/
- ^ http://www.upr-info.org/database/
- ^ Caruso, Ugo (2014). The United Nations Declaration on Minorities: An Academic Account on the occasion of its 20th Anniversary. Leiden: Brill Nijhoff. ISBN 978-90-04-25155-7.
- ^ Asante, Molefi Kete. Books on Google Play Contemporary Critical Thought in Africology and Africana Studies. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781498530705.
- ^ Mendes, Errol P. (2014). Global Governance, Human Rights and International Law: Combating the Tragic Flaw.
- ^ http://www.geneve-int.ch/summer-interview-roland-chauville-executive-director-upr-info
- ^ http://www.upr-info.org/en/news/former-acting-high-commissioner-bertrand-g-ramcharan-elected-president-upr-info
- ^ http://www.upr-info.org/en/news/miloon-kothari-elected-president-of-upr-info