Fortify accountability fulcrums like UPR to deliver on gender equality and right to health
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SHOBHA SHUKLA
Contd from previous issue
UPR links global obligations to national policy, budgets and service delivery
“UPR links human rights obligations at the global level to national policy and budgets, and to service delivery. UPR is timebound as these obligations are timebound in terms of implementation. Repeated UPR review cycles expose what progress has taken place on these recommendations.
Governments can accept or reject the recommendations made, but it also gives a political clarity in terms of which recommendations governments are going to work upon – and all information is in public domain,” said Dr Kamowa.
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Contd from previous issue
UPR links global obligations to national policy, budgets and service delivery
“UPR links human rights obligations at the global level to national policy and budgets, and to service delivery. UPR is timebound as these obligations are timebound in terms of implementation. Repeated UPR review cycles expose what progress has taken place on these recommendations.
Governments can accept or reject the recommendations made, but it also gives a political clarity in terms of which recommendations governments are going to work upon – and all information is in public domain,” said Dr Kamowa.
(To be contd)