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Chinese Journal of International Law Advance Access originally published online on August 14, 2008
Chinese Journal of International Law 2008 7(3):721-734; doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jmn029
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DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY

The Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council: An Assessment of the First Session

Elvira Domínguez Redondo*

Correspondence: * Senior Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University, London, UK. Adjunct Lecturer of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (email: e.dominguez-redondo{at}mdx.ac.uk). This paper was completed on 30 April 2008. Special thanks to Mariette Grange for her valuable comments and to the International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP) for accreditation in enabling attendance at the first Working Group on the UPR session.

The Universal Periodic Review is an innovative mechanism for protecting and promoting human rights within the United Nations. Instituted by the Human Rights Council in 2006, it reviews human rights situations in all States. This article analyses the configuration of this new procedure in order to assess its success in de-politicizing human rights, and in providing substantive output on the improvement of human rights at domestic level. While it remains early to detect trends, the experience of the first session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review could shed light on both positive developments and concerns.


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