2017 Human Rights Council

Date: 
Thursday, January 5, 2017
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In 2017 the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group reviewed the following states:

  • Session 27 (April-May 2017): Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Finland, UK, India, Brazil, Philippines, Algeria, Poland, Netherlands, South Africa.
  • Session 28 (Oct-Nov 2017): Czechia, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Pakistan, Zambia, Japan, Ukraine, Sri Lanka.

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As part of WILPF's engagement with the Human Rights Council, WILPF's Human Rights Programme works to monitor the Universal Periodic Reviews for gender and disarmament issues.

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