The 47th session of the Universal Periodic will take place from 4 to 15 November 2024. 14 Countries are under review during the session: Norway, Albania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugual, Bhutan, Dominica, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Brunei Darussalam, Costa Rics, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Qatar and Nicaragua. In collaboration with our partners, the SRI submitted reports for Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bhutan and Albania.
Albania
Collaborators: Gender Alliance for Development Center and Sexual Rights Initiative
Key Words: Rights of workers; right to work; right to just and favourable conditions of work; sexual harassment; violence against women and girls; gender pay gap; garment industry
Bhutan
Collaborators: Tarayana Foundation, Disabled People’s Organization of Bhutan and Sexual Rights Initiative
Key Words: Gender equality, gender equity, rights of persons with disabilities, gender-based violence, right to work, access to sexual and reproductive health services, right to health, right to education, access to justice, LGBTQI, HIV/AIDS, sex workers
Costa Rica
Collaborators: la Asociación Ciudadana ACCEDER y la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI)
Key Words: Access to abortion, right to abortion, access to emergency contraception
Collaborators: la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de TrabajadorasSexuales, la Asociación La Sala y la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI)
Key Words: Rights of sex workers, non discrimination
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collaborators: International Youth Alliance for Family Planning RDC and Sexual Rights Initiative
Key Words: Sexual violence, gender-based violence, abortion, sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning
Ethiopia
Collaborators: Forum for Africa Women Educationalists (FAWE) Ethiopia, Plan International Ethiopia, Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) Ethiopia, Terres des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL), Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), IPAS Ethiopia, SRHR Africa Trust (SAT), Sexual Rights Initiative
Key Words: Health Sector Transformation Plan II; reproductive health strategy; reproductive health; adolescent youth health; family planning; GBV; Gender Based Violence; SRH: Sexual and Reproductive Health; AGYW; Adolescent Girls and Young women; HIV; Human Immunodeficiency Virus;
Nicaragua
Collaborators: La Asociación Feminista La Corrientey diversas organizaciones feministas y la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI)
Key Words: Rights of women and girls, sexual and reproductive rights, gender-based violence, closure of civic space, violation of rights.