The Human Rights Law Centre joined 11 international NGOs in a Joint Paper that outlines how member and observer States of the Human Rights Council can more systematically use civic space indicators as objective criteria for interventions at the Council.
Read MoreThe President of the UN Human Rights Council is consulting on a statement to be made to the Council on the human rights implications of COVID-19.
Read MoreWe joined international NGOs to make two public calls for UN member states to provide suitable funding to the UN treaty bodies, and to propose a model for enhanced predictability and coordination of treaty body reviews.
Read MoreThe Universal Periodic Review ('UPR') is a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council which reviews the human rights records of all 193 United Nations Member States.
Australia was last reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review in January 2011.
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