On 6 October 2011, Ireland was examined for the first time by the United Nations on its human rights record under the Universal Periodic Review or UPR.
The UPR is a process through which the human rights records of the United Nations' 192 Member States are reviewed and assessed every four years. It is a new monitoring system of the UN Human Rights Council and it is the first time that UN States directly examine each other on their human rights record.
The UPR assesses how countries respect the commitments they made and agreements that they signed under international law and highlights any gaps and failings in human rights protection in the country under review. The whole idea behind the UPR is that human rights protection will be improved on the ground. Following the examination in Geneva, recommendations are made to the country under review on how to improve compliance with their human rights obligations. Countries then have a duty to implement these recommendations in the four years before their next review. Both domestic and international political pressure is placed on the governments to implement these recommendations.
Seventeen leading organisations in Ireland came together to make sure that the United Nations heard your views about Your Rights. Right Now.
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