[Repost] Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

13 May 2026

https://www.ohchr.org/en/media-advisories/2026/05/singapores-human-rights-record-be-examined-universal-periodic-review

08 May 2026

GENEVA – The human rights record of Singapore will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 14:30-18:00 (GMT+2), in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live.

Singapore is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from 4 to 15 May 2026. The first, second and third UPR reviews of Singapore took place in May 2011, January 2016, and May 2021, respectively.

The UPR Working Group is comprised of the 47 Member States of the Human Rights Council. However, any UN Member or Observer State can participate in a country review.

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 Singapore can be found here.

Location: Assembly Hall (A Building, third floor), Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Date and time: Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 14:30-18:00 (GMT+2)

The UPR is a peer 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 three times. During the fourth 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 Singapore will be led by Ms. Rahayu Binte Mahzam, Minister of State at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and at the Ministry of Health.

The three country representatives serving as rapporteurs (“troika”) for the review of Singapore are Albania, Benin and Indonesia.

The webcast of the session will be at: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1f4qowgdz

The list of speakers and all available statements to be delivered during the review of Singapore will be posted on the UPR Extranet.

The UPR Working Group is scheduled to adopt the recommendations made to Singapore on Friday, 15 May 2026, between 14:30 and 18:00 (GMT+2). The State under review may wish to express its positions on recommendations posed to it during its review.

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[Repost] Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

5 March 2026

Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders presented her final report on 4 March 2026 to the UN Human Rights Council bringing forward the voices of human rights defenders at a time of growing attacks on human rights & the international system meant to protect them.

Full report here: https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/61/40

Video remarks here: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14y17brn9

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[Repost] UN Human Rights – Civil Society Weekly Update 47 (2020)

23 November 2020

We have extracted some interesting excerpts from UN Human Rights – Civil Society Weekly Update 47 (2020):

We are pleased to share with you a set of indicators developed by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association, M. Clément Voule, which were launched on the 7th month anniversary of the declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic by WHO. These indicators aim to measure State’s compliance with international standards regarding civic space, peaceful assembly, and political participation during public health emergencies.  These indicators are available in the following formats: 

1)      10 printable assessment cards:  they can be used by field presences and civil society actors to measure the degree of conformity of measures taken by governments to tackle COVID19 and their impact on the civic space in general. They are available in English, French and Spanish and downloadable under toolbox section here.

2)      An online survey (in ENGLISH, FRENCH and SPANISH). Field presences and civil society can carry out their assessment online and share their results with the Special Rapporteur preferably before 30 November 2020. The results of this survey will be fed into the preparation of a dedicated report on “protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests during crisis situations”, which the Special Rapporteur was tasked with by Resolution A/HRC/44/L.11 adopted at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council. This report will be presented to the HRC in June 2022. 

In its Resolution 44/7, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to consult Member States and other relevant stakeholders in order to prepare and submit to its forty-seventh session an analytical study on the promotion and the protection of the rights of older persons in the context of climate change.  Accordingly, we would welcome your inputs to the study by e-mail to bschachter@ohchr.org and miyer@ohchr.org by no later than 31 December 2020. We would also welcome your kind assistance in circulating this call for inputs as widely as possible within your networks.  In formulating inputs, you are welcome to respond, as appropriate, to the attached questionnaire. For environmental considerations, electronic submissions are encouraged and we ask that responses not exceed five pages. Please submit contributions in MS Word or compatible format in either of the official working languages of the United Nations (French or English). Inputs received will be posted on our website.

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