Burma/Myanmar and the UPR 2011: background documents
Websites/Multiple Documents
Description:
Presentation to the
ND-Burma 16th MB Meeting...Overview of the process with a focus on the forthcoming UPR session on Burma (February 2011) and what Burma groups can do
Cheery Zahau
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Date of publication:
2009-12-01
Date of entry/update:
2010-01-25
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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General information, overviews, guidelines and toolkits for the Universal Periodic Review, Burma/Myanmar and the UPR 2011: background documents
Language:
English
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pptx
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174.3 KB
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Links to relevant texts...
The basis of the review is:
(a) The Charter of the United Nations;
(b) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
(c) Human rights instruments to which a State is party;
(d) Voluntary pledges and commitments made by States, including those undertaken when
presenting their candidatures for election to the Human Rights Council (hereinafter"the Council".
2.In addition to the above and given the complementary and mutually interrelated nature of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, the review shall take into account applicable international humanitarian law..."
Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Date of publication:
2010-03-27
Date of entry/update:
2010-03-27
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
129 KB
Local URL:
Basis_of_the_review.pdf
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Individual Documents
Description:
What is the UPR?...What is the HRC?...The UPR Process...Troika...What does the Troika do?...State under Review...Outcome Document...State Obligations...SPDC......Civil Society: Submit Report...Lobby Strategy...
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Date of publication:
2009-12-01
Date of entry/update:
2010-01-25
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
General information, overviews, guidelines and toolkits for the Universal Periodic Review, Burma/Myanmar and the UPR 2011: background documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
61.82 KB
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