Submit a report for the UPR

 The review of a country during the Working Group is based on three reports:

• State Report
• OHCHR Report of UN observations and comments
• Compilation Report of Stakeholder Submissions

Anyone is allowed to send information to the OHCHR for Australia’s UPR. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and associations without Consultative status are welcome to participate, but the OHCHR will only use credible and reliable information from identified and trusted sources.

Submissions by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations have to follow General Guidelines to be taken into account.

What should submissions include?

The ‘UN Handbook for Civil Society’ suggests that submissions should:

Be no longer than 5 pages or, in the case of larger coalitions of stakeholders, 10 pages;

Cover, as a maximum, a four-year period;

Be written in an official United Nations language, preferably English, French or Spanish;

Provide a short paragraph with information on the objectives and work of the organisation making the submission;

Be submitted in a common word-processing format, with paragraphs and numbered pages;

Include an introductory paragraph summarizing the main points in the submission;

Include key words relating to your submission (e.g children);

Not reproduce concluding observations and recommendation of treaty bodies, or special procedures. But reference can be made to the extent of the implementation of them;

Not quote or annex reports from other organisations.

Deadline for submission of information on Australia’s UPR is six to eight months before its UPR Session in 2011.  

Submissions for consideration in the OHCHR’s stakeholder compilation for Australia’s UPR should send their contributions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Click here to:

• Become an IHRNA member and meet other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people preparing reports for Australia’s UPR (hyperlink to ‘Our Network’ page );
• Download a .pdf copy of ‘Handbook for Civil Society’
• General Guidelines can be downloaded from  http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/A_HRC_DEC_6_102.pdf).