In this module you will learn all about the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This is a very important process that the Human Rights Council uses to monitor and improve the human rights situation in every country around the world, including children’s rights.
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CHRD |
Child Human Rights Defender |
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CRC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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CRIA |
Children’s Rights Impact Assessment |
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CRPD |
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
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HRD |
Human Rights Defender |
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ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
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NHRI |
National Human Rights Institution |
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OHCHR |
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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OPIC |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure |
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OSCE/ODIHR |
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
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SRSG VAC |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children |
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SRSG CAAC |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict |
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The Committee |
Committee on the Rights of the Child |
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The Declaration or DHRD |
The United Nations Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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The Special Rapporteur |
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders |
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UN |
United Nations |