PSPD in English UN Advocacy 2009-07-14   1246

[UPR Documentation①] Stakeholders’ Report : ROK faced harsh criticism from NGOs

 



The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations. As one of the main features of the Council, the UPR is designed to ensure equal treatment for every country when their human rights situations are assessed.


The UPR was created through the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 by resolution 60/251, which established the Human Rights Council itself. It is a cooperative process which, by 2011, will have reviewed the human rights records of every country. Currently, no other universal mechanism of this kind exists. The UPR is one of the key elements of the new Council which reminds States of their responsibility to fully respect and implement all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The ultimate aim of this new mechanism is to improve the human rights situation in all countries and address human rights violations wherever they occur.
 
In case of the Republic of Korea, it had the first cycle of the UPR on the second session of the working Group on the UPR on May 9, 2008 in Geneva.

* reference UN OHCHR http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/PAGES/UPRMain.aspx


The present report is a summary of eight stakeholders’ submissions1 to the universal periodic review. It follows the structure of the general guidelines adopted by the Human Rights Council.



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