Publication Launch - The UPR: Beyond Reporting

An event to launch UPR Info's new study on how the UPR process led to an improvement of the human rights situation at the national level

Objectives

• Share emerging promising/good pratices and lessons learnt in the implementation of UPR recommendations at the national level;
• Describe the different ways through which States and other stakeholders have engaged in the UPR follow-up phase;
• Reflect on some of the existing challenges to monitor the implementation of UPR recommendations.

Speakers

• Mr Gianni Magazzeni, Chief of the UPR Branch, OHCHR
• Ms Valeria Reyes Menendez, Lecturer, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Mr Michel Anglade, Director Geneva Office, Save the Children
• Mr Michiel Hoornick, Consultant, Institute Statelessness and Inclusion
• Ms Salome Lienert, Program Officer, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Moderator: Ms Mona M'Bikay, Executive Director of UPR Info

Light refreshments will be served at the end of the event.