The human rights record of North Macedonia will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Thursday, in a meeting in Geneva, the UN Office in North Macedonia said in a press release.
“North Macedonia is one of the 14 countries that should be reviewed by the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), during the upcoming session, which will be held from April 29 to May 10. The first, second and third UPP reviews were held in May 2009, January 2014 and January 2019 respectively,” said the UN Office in Skopje.
The country’s delegation, as announced, will be led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani. The three country representatives serving as rapporteurs – (“troika”) – for the country review are Albania, Benin and Finland.
