GENEVA, Nov 2, CMC – The human rights record of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is one of 14 States scheduled to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from Monday until November 13.
The first, second and third UPR reviews of St. Vincent and the Grenadines took place in May 2011, 2016, and November 2021, respectively.
The UPR Working Group is comprised of the 47 member states of the Human Rights Council. However, any UN member or Observer State can participate in a country review.
The documents on which the reviews are based include the national report provided by KIngstown, information contained in the reports of independent human rights experts and groups, known as the special procedures, human rights treaty bodies, and other UN entities as well as information provided by other stakeholders including national human rights institutions, regional organizations, and civil society groups.
The UPR is a peer review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. Since its first meeting was held in April 2008, all 193 UN Member States have been reviewed three times.
During the fourth UPR cycle, states are again expected to spell out steps they have taken to implement recommendations posed during their previous reviews which they committed to follow up on and highlight recent human rights developments in the country.
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be led by Vynnette Frederick, the Permanent Representative of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the UN body, while the three country representatives serving as rapporteurs for the review are Brazil, Spain, and Thailand.
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