N. Universal Periodic Review Documentation
The
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a
process or mechanism created through the Ãå±±½ûµØGeneral Assembly resolution
60/251
(15 March 2006) that established the Human Rights Council itself. It
involves a
review of the human rights records of all 192 Ãå±±½ûµØMember States once
every four
years, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, and provides the
opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to
improve
the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their
human rights
obligations.
The
reviews are conducted by the Universal Periodic Review Working Group
which
consists of the 47 members of the Human Rights Council. Each State
review is
assisted by groups of three States, known as "troikas", who serve as
rapporteurs. The UPR Working Group holds three two-week sessions per
year.
During each session 16 countries are reviewed, therefore 48 countries
per year
and 192 countries by 2011, or the entire Ãå±±½ûµØmembership over the course
of the
first UPR cycle (2008-2011). On 21 September 2007, the Human Rights
Council
adopted a calendar detailing the order in which the 192 Ãå±±½ûµØMember
States will
be considered during the first four-year cycle.
The
Universal Periodic Review is based on three types of documentation, and
results
in a final outcome document containing conclusions and recommendations
to the
State under review.
1) National
report: Information
provided
by the State under review
2) Compilation: Information
contained in the reports of treaty bodies, special procedures, and
other
relevant official Ãå±±½ûµØdocuments, compiled in a report prepared by the
Office of
the High Commissioner for Human Rights
3) Summary: Information provided
by "other relevant stakeholders", summarized by the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights. Stakeholders are primarily
non-governmental
organizations and national human rights institutions, but may also
include
human rights defenders, academic institutions and research institutes,
regional
organizations, and civil society representatives.
4) Outcome
document: Report by
the UPR Working Group containing a summary of the
review process and a listing of recommendations and/or conclusions made
during
the interactive dialogue.
The
document symbols for the first 3 types of UPR documentation consist of
the
series symbol for the UPR Working Group followed by the Working Group
session
number, the country code for the country under review, and the number
of the
type of documentation (1, 2 or 3). The phrase "Universal Periodic
Review" does not
appear in the document title.
Document
symbols for the 4th type of UPR documentation (outcome document)
issued for the 1st session of the UPR Working Group process
consisted of the series symbol for the UPR Working Group followed by
the
session number, the country code for the country under review, and the
number 4, e.g.: A/HRC/WG.6/1/ARG/4.
For
subsequent sessions of the UPR Working Group, document symbols for the
outcome
document consist of the series symbol for the UPR Working Group
followed by the
session number, the letter L. and a
numerical designator, e.g.: A/HRC/WG.6/4/L.1.
In
order to facilitate systematic retrieval of the UPR documentation,
series title
authorities were established and should be assigned as series title
added
entries in tag 440:
- Universal Periodic Review.
National report
- Universal Periodic Review.
Compilation
- Universal Periodic Review. Summary
- Universal Periodic Review. Outcome
document
1) National report
- Assign HUR classification code 01020 (tag 069).
- Assign content code B14 (tag 089).
-
Add the phrase [Universal
Periodic
Review] between square brackets as the first other title
information
recorded in tag 245 subfield $b, e.g.:
245
10 $a National
report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15(a) of the annex to
Human
Rights Council resolution 5/1 : $b
[Universal
Periodic Review] : Algeria
-
Assign the series title added entry in tag 440: Universal Periodic Review. National
report
-
Assign the primary subject term (tag 650
first indicator 1): HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY followed by
the
primary geographic subject term for the Member State.
-
Assign the corporate name heading for the Member State in tag 710.
Example:
069 $a
HUR $b 01020
089 $b B14
191 $a A/HRC/WG.6/1/DZA/1 $b A/HRC/WG.6/ $c 1
245 10 $a National report submitted in
accordance with paragraph
15(a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 : $b [Universal Periodic Review] :
Algeria
440 $a Universal Periodic Review. National
report
650 17 $a HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
650 17 $a ALGERIA
710 2_ $a Algeria
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2) Compilation
- Assign HUR classification code 01020 (tag 069).
- Assign content code B16 (tag 089).
-
Add the phrase [Universal
Periodic
Review] between square brackets as the first other title
information
recorded in tag 245 subfield $b, e.g.:
245
10 $a Compilation
: $b [Universal Periodic Review] :
Algeria / $c compiled by the Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph
15(b) of
the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1
-
Assign the series title added entry in tag 440: Universal Periodic Review. Compilation
-
Assign the following general note (tag 500):
Compiles information
contained in reports
of treaty bodies, special procedures, and other relevant official UN
documents.
-
Assign a general note (tag 500)
if
bibliographical references are present: Includes
bibliographical references (p. --).
-
Assign the primary subject term (tag 650
first indicator 1): HUMAN RIGHTS followed by the
primary
geographic subject term for the Member State and the primary subject
terms INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS,
TREATY-MONITORING
BODIES, SPECIAL PROCEDURES.
-
Assign the corporate name heading UN.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in tag 710.
Example:
069 $a HUR $b 01020
089 $b B16
191 $a A/HRC/WG.6/1/DZA/2 $b A/HRC/WG.6/ $c 1
245 10 $a Compilation : $b [Universal
Periodic Review] : Algeria / $c
compiled
by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance
with
paragraph 15(b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1
440 $a Universal Periodic Review. Compilation
500 $a Compiles information contained in
reports of treaty bodies,
special procedures, and other relevant official Ãå±±½ûµØdocuments.
500 $a Includes bibliographical references
(p. 11-16).
650 17 $a HUMAN RIGHTS
650 17 $a ALGERIA
650 17 $a INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
650 17 $a TREATY-MONITORING BODIES
650 17 $a SPECIAL PROCEDURES
710 2_ $a UN. Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights
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3)
Summary
-
Assign HUR classification
code 01020 (tag 069).
- Assign content code B16 (tag 089).
-
Add the phrase [Universal
Periodic
Review] between square brackets as the first other title
information
recorded in tag 245 subfield $b, e.g.:
245 10
$a Summary
: $b [Universal Periodic Review] :
Algeria / $c prepared by the Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph
15(b) of
the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1
-
Assign the series title added entry in tag 440: Universal Periodic Review. Summary
-
Assign the following general note (tag 500):
Summarizes [no.]
stakeholders'
submissions to the Universal Periodic Review.
-
Assign a general note (tag 500)
if
bibliographical references are present: Includes
bibliographical references (p. --).
-
Assign the primary subject term (tag 650
first indicator 1): HUMAN RIGHTS followed by the
primary
geographic subject term for the Member State and the primary subject
terms HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS,
NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS. If the summary does not include submissions from
human
rights institutions, assign only the term NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
-
Assign the corporate name heading UN.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in tag 710.
Example:
069 $a HUR $b 01020
089 $b B16
191 $a A/HRC/WG.6/1/DZA/3 $b A/HRC/WG.6/ $c 1
245 10 $a Summary : $b [Universal
Periodic Review] : Algeria / $c
prepared
by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance
with
paragraph 15(c) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1
440 $a Universal Periodic Review. Summary
500 $a Summarizes 9 stakeholders' submissions
to the Universal
Periodic Review.
500 $a Includes bibliographical references
(p. 11-12).
650 17 $a HUMAN RIGHTS
650 17 $a ALGERIA
650 17 $a HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS
650 17 $a NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
710 2_ $a UN. Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights
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4) UPR outcome document: reports of the UPR Working
Group
Outcome
documents of the UPR process are issued in the form of reports of the
Working
Group on the Universal Periodic Review. They are issued first as draft
reports
under the document series symbol of the Working Group (A/HRC/WG.6/).
After
consideration and adoption at the next plenary session of the Human
Rights
Council, they are issued as sessional documents of the Council (series
symbol
A/HRC/). Follow-up and comments by reviewed States on conclusions and
recommendations contained in the final outcome reports may be issued as
addenda.
The
reports consist of a summary of the proceedings of the review process,
conclusions and/or recommendations made by States to the country under
review
during the interactive dialogue, and an annex providing the composition
of the
delegation.
They
should be indexed in a consistent manner, as shown in the examples
below. Note
in particular:
- Assign HUR classification code 01020 (tag 069) to the final report adopted by
the Council, and to views and
replies by States issued as an addendum to the final report, but not to
the
draft report.
- Assign content code B08 (tag 089) to the preliminary report of
the UPR Working Group (before
adoption by the Council). Assign code B04
to the final report adopted by the Council and to views and replies by
States issued as an addendum to the final report.
-
Assign the series title added entry in tag 440: Universal Periodic Review. Outcome
document
-
Assign a general note (tag 500)
reciprocally identifying the document symbol of the final report or the
draft
report.
-
It is not necessary to assign a contents note (tag 505) to the reports. However, assign
contents notes to the addenda
to the reports, in order to indicate that they contain follow-up from
States: Views on conclusions and/or recommendations,
voluntary commitments and replies presented by the State under review.
-
Assign the sessional corporate heading for the Working Group in tag 610 and in tag 710. Add the corporate heading for
the State as a second tag 710
for the addenda containing views
and replies by States.
-
Assign the primary subject term HUMAN
RIGHTS followed by the primary geographic subject term for the
Member State
and the term RECOMMENDATIONS.
-
Assign primary subject terms HUMAN
RIGHTS
POLICY and/or HUMAN
RIGHTS
ADVANCEMENT to replies from States that provide information
about their
human rights policies and/or measures taken to promote human rights.
-
The term Recommendations
is not
assigned as a modifying term in the corporate subject heading for the
Working
Group (tag 610 subfield $g) since the following text appears
in
the final paragraph of the report: "All conclusions and/or
recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of
the
submitting State(s) and/or the State under review thereon. They should
not be
construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole."
Examples:
Draft
report
089 $b B08
091 $a LTD
191 $a A/HRC/WG.6/3/L.15 $b A/HRC/WG.6/ $c 3
245 10 $a Draft report of the Working Group on
the Universal Periodic
Review : $b Uzbekistan
500 $a "The final document will be issued
under the symbol
A/HRC/10/83."
440 $a Universal Periodic Review. Outcome
document
610 27 $a UN. Human Rights Council. Working
Group on the Universal
Periodic Review (3rd sess. : 2008 : Geneva)
650 17 $a HUMAN RIGHTS
650 17 $a UZBEKISTAN
650 17 $a RECOMMENDATIONS
710 2_ $a UN. Human Rights Council. Working
Group on the Universal
Periodic Review (3rd sess. : 2008 : Geneva)
Final
report
069 $a HUR $b 01020
089 $b B04
091 $a GEN
191 $a A/HRC/10/83 $b A/HRC/ $c 10
245 10 $a Report of the Working Group on the
Universal Periodic Review
: $b Uzbekistan
440 $a Universal Periodic Review. Outcome
document
500 $a Previously issued under document
symbol A/HRC/WG.6/3/L.15.
610 27 $a UN. Human Rights Council. Working
Group on the Universal
Periodic Review (3rd sess. : 2008 : Geneva)
650 17 $a HUMAN RIGHTS
650 17 $a UZBEKISTAN
650 17 $a RECOMMENDATIONS
710 2_ $a UN. Human Rights Council. Working
Group on the Universal
Periodic Review (3rd sess. : 2008 : Geneva)
Comments from State
under review: addendum to final
report
069 $a HUR $b 01020
089 $b B04
091 $a GEN
191 $a A/HRC/10/83/Add.1 $b A/HRC/ $c 10
245 10 $a Report of the Working Group on the
Universal Periodic Review
: $b Uzbekistan : addendum
440 $a Universal Periodic Review. Outcome
document
505 0_ $a Views on conclusions and/or
recommendations, voluntary
commitments and replies presented by the State under review.
610 27 $a UN. Human Rights Council. Working
Group on the Universal
Periodic Review (3rd sess. : 2008 : Geneva)
650 17 $a HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
650 17 $a UZBEKISTAN
650 17 $a RECOMMENDATIONS
710 2_ $a UN. Human Rights Council. Working
Group on the Universal
Periodic Review (3rd sess. : 2008 : Geneva)
710 2_ $a Uzbekistan
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