This is the moment to radically reimagine our systems and institutions so that they serve the people. The pandemic has shown that when states choose to, they can act swiftly to implement policies and spend resources that would have been unthinkable two years ago. At the Human Rights Council, we must recognize this moment for what it is -a chance to breathe new and transformative life into the human rights system and everything that it is supposed to stand for.
The SRI collaborated on submissions for Eswatini, Hungary, Samoa, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, and Papua New Guinea for the 39th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session.
40th Session of the Human Rights Council
Item 8
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
18 March 2019
Global South Leadership on Women’s and Girls’ Rights
HRC28 - Item 6: Consideration of the Islamic Republic of the UPR Outcome of EGYPT