Chapter three
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How do Member States decide which issues to address during the UPR? Member States base their recommendations on information contained in three documents 1. A State Report prepared by the government of the country under review including laws, policies, best practices and challenges related to the human rights situation in that country. The State’s report can only be a maximum of 20 pages long and is generally submitted 12 weeks before the review.
3. Reliable and credible information provided by civil society and National Human Rights Institutions that is summarized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in a Stakeholder Summary Report. This report may not be longer than 10 pages and is generally released six weeks prior to the State’s UPR. Information provided by civil society and National Human Rights Institutions for inclusion in the Stakeholder Summary Report are generally due five to seven months before the review.
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2. A Compilation Report of UN information prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights from official UN documents of all information on the human rights situations in the country under review. The documents summarized in this report typically include observations and recommendations from UN human rights treaty-bodies, country mission reports by UN Special Rapporteurs, and reports on the country by UN agencies. This summary report may not be longer than 10 pages and is generally released six weeks prior to the State’s UPR.
Couple receive advice and contraceptives at a local clinic, West Bank.
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