International Human Rights and the International Human Rights System A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions • monitoring implementation and follow up of the UPR report and recommendations • reporting to the HRC during the course of the cycle on progress with implementation and follow up • providing information of implementation and follow up to the next cycle of the UPR. “B status” NHRIs can also contribute through the provision of information to the UPR Working Group but they cannot attend sessions of the Working Group or participate in the HRC plenary. They can be involved, of course, in all the in-country preparation and in follow up and monitoring. KEY POINTS: CHAPTER 6 • The Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism of the Human Rights Council under which all 193 UN Member States are reviewed by the HRC for their performance of their international human rights obligations. • The second cycle of the UPR began in 2012 and will continue until 2016. The schedule for the second cycle has been set so that the UPR session for each State’s review is fixed and public. • All NHRIs, whatever their accreditation status, can provide “credible and reliable information” for the review. • No NHRIs can participate in the interactive dialogue with the State under review in the UPR Working Group. • “A status” NHRIs can participate in the HRC debate on the adoption of the UPR Working Group reports, with the “A status” NHRI of the State under review being entitled to speak in the HRC plenary session immediately after the State under review. • NHRIs have important roles to play in promoting and monitoring implementation of the UPR recommendations. 46 | Chapter 6: Universal Periodic Review