Updates - New Zealand's second Universal Periodic Review

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Updates: New Zealand's 2nd Universal Periodic Review
18th Session of the UPR Working Group, 27 January to 7 February 2014

The government's overall performance on human rights was examined for the second time through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process during the 18th session of the UPR Working Group, 27 January to 7 February 2014, in Geneva. Please scroll down this page for: the draft Outcome Report, links to the webcasts, updates, documents that were used for the review, and links to more information.

UPR Outcome Report

Preliminary analysis of NZ’s Universal Periodic Review Outcome, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 30 January 2014 - Formatted for printing - Facebook - Scoop

Draft Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: New Zealand (A/HRC/WG.6/18/L.1), 29 January 2014

Webcasts

On Monday, 27 January, the presentation of the government's second UPR report and the interactive dialogue with UN Human Rights Council member and observer states was held from 9am to 12.30pm (Geneva time) - 9pm on Monday, 27 January, to 12.30am on Tuesday, 28 January (NZ time) - the webcast is available here.

On Friday, 31 January, the UPR Outcome Report was presented to the Working Group for adoption during the session from 3pm to 6pm (Geneva time) - 3am to 6am on Saturday, 1 February (NZ time) - the webcast is available here.

Updates on New Zealand's 2nd UPR

Preliminary analysis of NZ’s Universal Periodic Review Outcome, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 30 January 2014 - Formatted for printing - Facebook - Scoop

UN to examine NZ's human rights performance next week, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 24 January 2014 - Facebook - Scoop - Fuseworks Media - Yahoo News - Formatted for printing

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold eighteenth session in Geneva from 27 January to 7 February, UNOG, 23 January 2014

Documents that were used for the review

Advance questions to New Zealand, January 2014 - Initial questions - Addendum 1

NZ NGO submissions and analysis

OHCHR Compilation of UN information

OHCHR Summary of NGO and stakeholders' information

New Zealand government national report

Links to more information

Updates on Facebook: available here
NGO UPR submissions and analysis of the government's draft UPR report: available here (alternate link)

Background information on the UPR process and New Zealand's second UPR: available here

Information about New Zealand's first UPR: available here

Information about the UPR mechanism: available here

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