T&T human rights record to face fourth UN review

Trinidad and To­ba­go's hu­man rights record will come un­der ex­am­i­na­tion by the Unit­ed Na­tions on Mon­day, with the Gov­ern­ment's lat­est sub­mis­sion ac­knowl­edg­ing gaps in the coun­try's pro­tec­tion of refugees and asy­lum seek­ers, along­side con­cerns about hu­man traf­fick­ing, vi­o­lence against women and chil­dren, and dis­crim­i­na­tion.

The re­view, con­duct­ed by the Unit­ed Na­tions Hu­man Rights Coun­cil's Uni­ver­sal Pe­ri­od­ic Re­view (UPR) Work­ing Group, will take place in Gene­va from 9 am to 12.30 pm (4 am to 7.30 am T&T time).

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It will be Trinidad and To­ba­go's fourth re­view un­der the UPR process, fol­low­ing pre­vi­ous ex­am­i­na­tions in Oc­to­ber 2011, May 2016 and No­vem­ber 2021.