Universal Periodic Review: The Status of Children's Rights - CRIN

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) Analysis of Children's Rights in the Recommendations
Findings and Analysis
Table 6 – Trends in Recommendations over the 7 sessions
Session Total no. of
(All Human Rights Recommendations)
recommendations
Total Accepted Total Rejected Total Pending
1 318 60% 10% 25%
2 598 65% 14% 21%
3 740 55% 20% 25%
4 1059 65% 19% 16%
5 1308 77% 11% 12%
6 1746 70% 10% 20%
7 1956 80% 14% 6%
1) A dramatic rise in the number of recommendations from Session 1 to Session 7
The tables above show a dramatic rise in the number of recommendations issued from the initial Session 1 back in
2008, to Session 7 in 2010. In Session 1, 318 recommendations were made concerning all human rights issues, this is
for the whole session (16 countries). By Session 7, a total of 1956 recommendations were made by Member States. This
is not necessarily surprising as States become more used to the new mechanism and used to drafting recommendations
for other States.
2) Proportion of children's rights recommendations remains consistent
The final column in Table 1 (on page 15) shows there is no real rise or fall in the percentage of children's rights against
all human rights issues as the sessions progress.
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