VOW and WILPF-Canada jointly made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council for its Universal Periodic Review of Canada. Our submissions are in English and French. Canada will be reviewed on November 10, 2023 in the morning Geneva time. You can learn more about Canada’s upcoming review here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/upr/ca-index
In our submission, we argue among other things that the federal government’s rising military spending and weapons purchases undermines the economic and social rights of Canadians. We believe that militarism is a threat to human rights.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every 4.5 years. The UPR provides each State the opportunity to report on the actions it has taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to receive recommendations from other countries and civil society organizations. Find out more: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/upr/upr-home
Read the Joint Submission Here: