The government delegation was led by the Minister of Justice, Ms. Benvinda Levi. UNDP Mozambique  acting Resident Representative, Mr. Jocelyn Mason, was present as well. Representatives of the Civil Society Platform dedicated to the review mechanism and a group of Mozambican journalists also attended the session, with the support of UNDP, the Open Society (OSISA), the Swiss Cooperation Agency, and the Government of Norway.

Mr. Jocelyn Mason delivered a speech on the situation of human rights in Mozambique at the Civil Society side-event that took place on the 30^th  of January.  He joined representatives of the Liga dos Direitos Humanos (Mozambican Human Rights organization) and Justa Paz on the panel. The Civil Society delegation also took part in a one-week training on international human rights mechanisms organised by UNDP Mozambique. 

At the same time in Maputo, the Ministry of Justice, jointly with UNDP and the Civil Society Platform, organized a public meeting on the UPR review, including a live broadcast of the session in Geneva. The session started with a presentation on the UPR Process. Though the live broadcast from Geneva did not succeed due to technical problems in Geneva, the National Report was presented to the audience and a lively discussion followed.

The Universal Periodic Review is a process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years.  It is a state-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfill their human rights obligations. The review is based on the following documents:

1. 

   Human Rights report interested Civil Society and other stakeholders.

   National Report
2. UN Report  - A compilation prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights containing: information included in reports of treaty bodies, special procedures, observations and comments by the State concerned and other UN documents
3. Civil Society Report  - Other “credible and reliable information” provided by other relevant stakeholders, i.e. including non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions

The reports the review was based on are found the OHCHR website   (various langauges)

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