The SRI works at the UN Universal Periodic Review by collaborating with national and regional organisations and coalitions on stakeholder submissions. These submissions touch on a number of different sexual and reproductive health and rights issues affecting the country under review, such as abortion, sex work, access to contraception, and rights related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression.
The UPR provides an opportunity for civil society organisations (CSOs) to engage in advocacy at the United Nations. CSOs can submit stakeholder submissions advocating for improved human rights conditions in their country, including on issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
The Universal Periodic Review: A Powerful Tool for Advancing Sexual Rights
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights trends at the Universal Periodic Review
Our Work at the UPR
UPR Database
The UPR Database, a project of the SRI, allows you to access and search all the sexual rights related recommendations and references made during the Universal Periodic Review.
What is the Universal Periodic Review?
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is an intergovernmental process in which each of the 193 UN Member States is reviewed on their entire human rights record every four and a half years. The UPR highlights actions that countries need to take to fulfil their agreed human rights obligations—these actions are presented as recommendations that states must accept or note.
Explainer on Terminology
- Accepted Recommendation: The state under review agrees to implement the recommendation
- Deferred Recommendation: The state under review will announce in [later] if it agrees to implement the recommendation
- Noted Recommendation: The state under review does not agree to implement the recommendation
To learn more about the Universal Periodic Review, please visit its website or watch this video produced by UPR-Info.