Moldova’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Friday, 28 January, in a meeting that will be .
Moldova is one of the States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from 24 January to 3 February*, which marks the end of the UPR third cycle. Moldova’s were in October 2011 and October 2016.
The documents on which the reviews are based are 1) national report – information provided by the State under review; 2) information contained in the reports of independent human rights experts and groups, known as the Special Procedures, human rights treaty bodies, and other UN entities; 3) information provided by other stakeholders including national human rights institutions, regional organizations and civil society groups.
The three reports serving as the basis for the review of Moldova on 28 January can be found .
Location: Room XX (20), Palais des Nations, Geneva [NB: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the meeting will be held using a combination of in-person and remote participation, and media representatives are encouraged to follow the proceedings on the webcast.]
Time and date: 9:00-12:30, Friday, 28 January (Geneva time, GMT +1 hour)
The UPR is a unique process that involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. Since its first meeting was held in April 2008, all 193 UN member States have been reviewed twice within the first and second UPR cycles. During the third UPR cycle, States are again expected to spell out steps they have taken to implement recommendations posed during their previous reviews, which they committed to follow-up on and highlight recent human rights developments in the country.
The delegation of Moldova will be led by H.E. Mr. Iulian RUSU, State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova (in-person).
The three country representatives serving as rapporteurs (“troika”) for the review of Moldova are Cameroon, Nepal and Montenegro.
The webcast of the session will be at
The list of speakers and all available statements to be delivered during the review of Moldova will be posted on the .
The UPR Working Group is scheduled to adopt the recommendations made to Moldova at 16.00 on Tuesday 1 February. The State under review may wish to express its positions on recommendations posed to it during its review.
*The 40th session of the UPR was initially scheduled to be held in November 2021, although it was due to COVID-19 measures.
