The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was created by the General Assembly in 2006. It is a unique, State-driven peer review mechanism whereby the human rights record of all States is reviewed every four and a half years, on equal footing, by fellow States during an inter-governmental Human Rights Council Working Group session in Geneva. The UPR reviews all Member States’ implementation of the human rights commitments and obligations as set out in the UN Charter; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; human rights treaties ratified by the State concerned; and voluntary pledges and commitments made by States. All States, without exception, are engaged actively in reviewing the human rights record of their peers and in making recommendations to them.
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea engages with the UPR mechanism of the Human Rights Council. It was reviewed under the UPR in three occasions, in December 2009, May 2014 and May 2019. At its third universal periodic review in May 2019, the DPRK declared its commitment to implement 132 of the 262 recommendations made by the member states.
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, May 2019
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, May 2014
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, December 2009
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