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The new UN Human Rights Council has selected the first countries to be examined under the new Universal Periodic Review [UPR] mechanism. The countries listed below will be reviewed over the course of next year's Council sessions.
The UPR aims to ensure that the Council examines the human rights records of all UN Member States equally. The new mechanism came out of the Council's reform process in response to complaints that the same countries are always singled out for criticism whilst others with similar human rights records for political reasons escape comment. The first session of the UPR working group is scheduled to take place from 7-18 April 2008, the second session from 5-16 May 2008, and the third session from 1 to 12 December 2008.
Countries to be considered at the 1st session are: Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Finland, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Philippines, Algeria, Poland, Netherlands, South Africa, Czech Republic, Argentina.
The deadline for submissions by NGOs to the 1st Universal Periodic Review session (scheduled to be held from 7 to 18 April 2008) has been extended to 20 November 2007.
 www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/upr/noteNGO_041007.htm
 Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review
Conseil des droits de l'homme
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