IRELAND’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
SUBMISSIONS INVITED ON IRELAND’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
The Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs is inviting members of the public and organisations to highlight issues of concern regarding Ireland’s human rights record. The Department is preparing Ireland’s National Report on our domestic human rights situation for the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. All submissions received will be examined and considered in the compiling of Ireland’s National Report, which must be submitted to the UN by Monday, 4 July 2011.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is one of the major innovations of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (established in 2006), whereby the domestic human rights records of all 192 UN Member States are reviewed every four years.
48 countries are reviewed each year, starting in 2008, with 16 reviews taking place in each of the thrice yearly UPR Working Group sessions. Ireland’s first review under the UPR process will take place on 6 October 2011.
A broad consultation process will be undertaken in preparation of the National Report.
Department is keen to give the widest possible range of organisations and members of the public the opportunity to make submissions on issues of importance in the area of human rights in Ireland. To ensure that submissions can be taken into account in
preparing the National Report, they should be submitted no later than Monday, 6 June 2011.
For more information about the UPR process, guidance on how to prepare a submission and to make a submission, please visit our website, www.upr.ie
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