Cuba’s human rights file shall be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Common Periodic Evaluation (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Wednesday,15 November 2023, in a gathering in Geneva that shall be webcast live.
Cuba is certainly one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group throughout its upcoming session from 6 to 17 November 2023. Cuba’s first, second and third UPR reviews came about in February 2009, April 2013, and Might 2018, respectively.
The UPR Working Group is comprised of the 47 Member States of the Human Rights Council. Nonetheless, every of the 193 UN Member States can take part in a rustic evaluate.
The paperwork on which the opinions are primarily based are: 1) nationwide report – info offered by the State below evaluate; 2) info contained within the studies of unbiased human rights specialists and teams, referred to as the Particular Procedures, human rights treaty our bodies, and different UN entities; 3) info offered by different stakeholders together with nationwide human rights establishments, regional organizations, and civil society teams.
The three studies serving as the idea for the evaluate of Cuba on 15 November will be discovered here.
The UPR is a peer evaluate of the human rights data of all 193 UN Member States. Since its first assembly was held in April 2008, all 193 UN Member States have been reviewed thrice. In the course of the fourth UPR cycle, States are once more anticipated to spell out steps they’ve taken to implement suggestions posed throughout their earlier opinions which they dedicated to observe up on and spotlight latest human rights developments within the nation.
The delegation of Cuba shall be led by Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, minister of international affairs.
The three nation representatives serving as rapporteurs (“troika”) for the evaluate of Cuba are Argentina, Benin, and Nepal.
The record of audio system and all obtainable statements to be delivered in the course of the evaluate of Cuba shall be posted on the UPR Extranet.
The UPR Working Group is scheduled to undertake the suggestions made to Cuba between 15:30 and 18:00 on Friday, 17 November 2023. The State below evaluate might want to categorical its positions on suggestions posed to it throughout its evaluate.
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