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Universal Periodic Review – 19th UPR Session
Universal Periodic Review – 19th UPR Session
U.S. Department of State - Washington, D.C.

The United States believes the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has the potential to effect real change in countries throughout the world.  The UPR is not just something that occurs in Geneva every four and half years.  It is an ongoing, daily tool to advance human rights.  Our interventions to other countries are crafted with the goal of providing useful, targeted recommendations that, when implemented, will create positive change for society. The 19th UPR is occurring from Monday, April 30 - May 9, 2014. Please see below for our interventions to the fourteen countries participating in Session 19. Each link below will become active once its intervention is available.

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Remarks
Opening Remarks at the High Level Forum on Combating Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Hatred
Jan 17, 2017 | Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, David Saperstein

A warm welcome to all of you who have gathered here today and thank you for your participation today.

I’d like to join in thanking our co-hosts: Canada, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the European Union and express my abiding appreciation to the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly for their continued support for these discussions.

Anti-Muslim discrimination and hatred do not occur in ...Read More

Press Release
United States and Cuba to Hold Meeting to Fight Trafficking in Persons
Jan 12, 2017 | Office of the Spokesperson

This is the fourth consecutive exchange between the United States and Cuba on efforts to prevent and prosecute trafficking in persons and protect trafficking victims. In addition to sharing information about best practices, both sides will seek to identify areas of possible future cooperation. ...Read More
Report
Report on Human Rights Abuses or Censorship in North Korea
Jan 11, 2017 | Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

This report details aspects of the human rights situation in North Korea and the conduct of persons the Secretary of State has determined to be responsible for the commission of serious human rights abuses or censorship in the DPRK. ...Read More