After the third cycle of the UPR and the comments received by the Lebanese Republic, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G21/081/45/PDF/G2108145.pdf?OpenElement (english) , and Arabic (https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G20/305/86/PDF/G2030586.pdf?OpenElement) , main report https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G20/305/88/PDF/G2030588.pdf?OpenElement ,
french https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G20/305/89/PDF/G2030589.pdf?OpenElement
we need to prepare the new report for the 51st session (Jan – Feb 2026), and as CSOs and Individual prepare our reports before June 2025
Stakeholders – civil society organizations, national human rights institutions and regional mechanisms – should follow the technical guidelines for stakeholders submissions for the 4th cycle issued by OHCHR, to send written contributions to UPR documentation. UN entities should follow the technical guidelines for UN entities’ submissions for the 4th cycle issued by OHCHR, to send written contributions to UPR documentation.
Translation of the submission guidelines:
UN Guidelines- العربية, Español, Français, русский
NGO Guidelines- العربية, Español, Français, русский
UPR – Tips for engagement at country level for NHRIs and NGOs
(Español)
The calendar of tentative deadlines for stakeholders’ submissions for the 4th cycle can be found at the following link.
Stakeholders’ submissions should be sent – according to the deadlines below – through the “On-line UPR submissions registration system” to register contributions for the UPR documentation from UN entities and stakeholders available in the following link: https://uprdoc.ohchr.org. Stakeholders should follow the Guidelines for the Use of the On-Line UPR Submissions Registration System” available in the Online system.
Important note: all UPR submissions must be submitted and received (through theOn-line system for registration of contributions) not later than the day of the given deadline (3:00 p.m. Geneva time). Late submissions will not be considered. Should organizations encounter technical problems using the Online system, please contact the UPR Submissions Helpdesk through the following email address: ohchr-uprsubmissions@un.org.
Any act of intimidation or reprisal for cooperation in the context of the UPR should be promptly reported to the UPR Secretariat (ohchr-uprreprisals@un.org) as well as to the reprisals team of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (ohchr-uprreprisals@un.org).