UPR Submissions - 40th Session

Submissions
The 40th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will take place on 24 January 2022 - 04 February 2022 at the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva.  Twelve countries will be reviewed during the session: Haiti, Iceland, Lithuania, Moldova, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. The SRI collaborated with national NGOs and activists in three countries up for review to prepare the following four stakeholder submissions.

Country: Uganda

Collaborators: CREA, The Uganda LBQ Loose Network and SRI

Key Words: LBQ women, SRHR, LGBTIQ, harassment in the workplace, sexual violence, technology assisted violence, SGBV.

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Country: Uganda

Collaborators: The PACT and SRI

Key Words: sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV, right to health, COVID-19 pandemic, youth rights, civil and political rights.

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Country: Venezuela

Collaborators: La Fundación Reflejos de Venezuela, SRI

Key Words: Sexual orientation and gender identity, LGBTI people, discrimination, families, civil society.

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Country: Sudan*

Collaborators: SRI

Key Words: Women’s rights; sexual and reproductive health and rights; right to health, COVID-19 pandemic; comprehensive sexuality education.

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*Sudan’s review has been postponed from UPR 39th Session and will now take place during UPR 40th session.

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