Other Civil Society UPR Submissions

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The above links to reports submitted to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the US UPR outside the official USHRN Joint Reports.  Some are from member organizations, while others are provided for your possible interest.  The official list of reports submitted is available on the UN website


Access to Medicines UPR USA Report (Reports & Documents)

American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and Health Global Access Project (Health GAP), European Community Advisory Board (ECAB)

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Accountability Council UPR USA Report (Reports & Documents)

1.    Accountability Counsel submits this report to highlight the United States government’s need to improve the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) National Contact Point (NCP), located in the...

American Civil Liberties Union UPR Submission (Reports & Documents)

Actions of the executive, federal legislative, and judicial branches of the United States have seriously restricted access to justice for victims of civil liberties and human rights violations, and have limited the availability of effective (or,...

Amnesty International UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B, C and D, as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review:...

Atlanta Public Sector Alliance UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

POLICIES OF STRUCTURAL RACISM AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR

State of Georgia – U.S. South

 

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Center on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

1.    The United States of America (U.S.) is home to millions of people who lack adequate housing. This lack of adequate housing is being exacerbated by a substantial increase in evictions from both private and public housing,...

Charity and Security Network UPR USA SubmissionUPR (Reports & Documents)

Executive Summary

1. Charitable, development, grantmaking, faith-based and peacebuilding organizations based in the United States (U.S.) support and protect vulnerable people around the world, promote human rights and contribute to...

Council on Global Equality LGBT UPR Submission (Reports & Documents)

Executive Summary

1.     The founding documents of the United States speak of equality and inalienable rights, and in that spirit, the United States proudly contributed to the founding of...

Human Rights Advocates UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

1.  Human Rights Advocates (HRA) is a non-governmental organization based in Berkeley, California, in special consultative status with ECOSOC. We are dedicated to promoting and protecting international human rights in the United States and...

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE IMMIGRANT DETENTION SYSTEM UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

The U. S. immigrant detention system lacks due process and subjects noncitizens to arbitrary
detention and inhumane treatment, in violation of U. S. obligations under international human
rights law. To comply with the Universal...

Human Rights Watch UPR USA Report (Reports & Documents)

Drawing  on  recent  Human  Rights  Watch  research,  this  submission  highlights  ten  concerns  regarding  the United States' compliance with its international human rights...

International Center on Transitional Justice UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

In dealing with counterterrorism detainees after 2001, the United States breached its obligations under the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) and other sources of international human rights and humanitarian law. Although the current...

Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute UPR Report (Reports & Documents)

This individual submission by Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute provides information as stipulated under Sections B, C, and D of the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review regarding failures...

National Advocates for Pregnant Women UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) submits this report to bring attention to a growing body of U.S. laws, policies, and practices that are being used to substantially undermine women’s dignity, status as persons under the law, and...

PCN and AFRODES USA UPR Submission (Reports & Documents)

Summary

This joint report provides information under sections B, D and F as stipulated in the Technical Guidelines for the preparation of information under the Universal Periodic Review.

   ! Under Section B this...

Regarding the Extrajudicial Involuntary Deportations of Immigrant Patients by U.S. Hospitals (Reports & Documents)

United States laws and policies that severely restrict immigrant eligibility for publicly supported health care have resulted in hospitals engaging in extrajudicial medical repatriations of seriously ill or injured...

Rights of LGBT by ARC International (Reports & Documents)

Rights of LGBT by ARC International

Sexual Abuse in Detention by Just Detention International (Reports & Documents)

Addressing Sexual Abuse in U.S. Detention Facilities byJust Detention International (JDI)

Key Recommendations1 for the Ninth Session of the Working Group on the UPR Human Rights Council 1 - 12 November 2010 United States of America

Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) UPR USA Submission (Reports & Documents)

SUBMITTED BY:

1.) The Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) for Human Rights, an initiative of the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law at Berkeley Law School, University of California at Berkeley.

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