THE UPR OF THE PHILIPPINES: SEVEN STATES RECOMMEND PH RATIFICATION OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE CONVENTION

Manila, 10 May 2017 – The 3rd Cycle of the Universal Period Review (UPR) of the Philippines took place on May 8, 2017, in Palais de Nations, in Geneva.

The review process was led by a troika of three member States of the UN Human Rights Council, namely Paraguay, Switzerland, and Kenya.

The Search - Protecting Children from Enforced Disappearance

Solidarity Message: Founding Anniversary of the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR)

May 4, 2017 - On the founding anniversary of the Citizens Alliance of North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), AFAD congratulates NKHR, its member organization in South Korea, for its invaluable role in supporting victims of human rights violations by North Korea.

RHETORIC VERSUS REALITY - INDIA UNDER UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [UPR] OF UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHT COUNCIL AMID RELENTLESS VIOLENCE IN KASHMIR

 Press Release
3rd May 2017

The last week of May every year is recognized internationally as the International Week of the Disappeared and is an opportunity to remember the disappeared, and acknowledge the struggle of their families. This year, tomorrow on 4^th of May, India’s human rights record will be reviewed in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) under the “Universal Periodic Review” (UPR) system by which States subject themselves to a review - by other States - of their human rights record. Since 2006, when the UPR process began, India has been reviewed twice - 2008 and 2012 and 4 May 2017 is India’s third cycle of UPR.