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Human Rights Law Review Advance Access originally published online on March 9, 2009
Human Rights Law Review 2009 9(2):203-223; doi:10.1093/hrlr/ngn040
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An NGO Assessment of the New Mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council

Gareth Sweeney* and Yuri Saito**

*Gareth Sweeney, Deputy Manager of the International Human Rights Defenders Programme of the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).
**Yuri Saito, Fellow in the International Human Rights Defenders Programme of the ISHR.

The inauguration of the universal periodic review (UPR) and the Advisory Committee in 2008 as the two new mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council marked a significant step towards the finalisation of the Council's institution-building process.1 The following article provides a critical assessment of the first two sessions of the UPR Working Group and the first session of the Advisory Committee. It also looks at the treatment of the reports of these two bodies by the Human Rights Council in June and September 2008, respectively. Particular attention is given to the contribution of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and ‘other stakeholders’ throughout the process.


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