Civil Society Raises Concerns in Advance of US Universal Periodic Review

October 3 was the deadline for civil society submissions in advance of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review of the United States’ compliance with human rights, set for May 2020.

Submissions address issues ranging from the treatment of pregnant women submitted by National Advocates for Pregnant Women, to a sharp critique of the U.S.’s fading participation in UN processes, filed by Human Rights Watch, to a review of continuing detention and torture at Guantanamo, submitted by the World Organization Against Torture, the International Commission of Jurists, and REDRESS.  Many more civil society submissions will be coming on-line in the next few days and weeks, and in the months leading up to the UN review, this blog will highlight and analyze a number of the submissions.

The US government’s own submission is due in February 2020, with the review session scheduled for May 2020.  An overview of US UN participation and schedule of reviews is available here.