1. The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu submitted its first national Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report to the UN Human Rights Council on 12 May 2009. The UN Human Rights Council adopted the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review for Vanuatu in the same year. Vanuatu has received 48 recommendations from the international community during the last UPR. Since the last review, Vanuatu has been working towards the implementation of these recommendations and its commitments through all stakeholders including government agencies, institutions and civil society organizations. It is important to note that Vanuatu continues to face challenges in the implementation of the UPR recommendations, as well as in meeting its overall international human rights commitments.
2. As part of the UPR preparation processes in Vanuatu, the Office of the Prime Minister in February 2013 appointed a UPR Committee comprised of 10 Government officials and 1 civil society representative to complete the second UPR national report.
Read Vanuatu’s full Universal Periodic National Report here.