Ireland is due to be reviewed in 2011 under the auspices of the
UN Human Rights Council . The Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
process takes place every four years and covers all aspects of
Ireland’s human rights record including, economic, social,
cultural and political rights. This is a process of state review
by other states and was created by the UN General Assembly in
2006. Ireland is required to submit a report which is examined
by the UN Human Rights Council which then makes recommendations
on how Ireland could improve its human rights record. Other
bodies including NGO’s and the treaty bodies of various UN human
rights treaties also submit reports to the Council as part of
the review process. The state has primary responsibility for
responding to the report, though at the point of the second
review, cognisance of the state’s response to the initial review
will be taken into account. The Irish Human Rights Commission
are currently looking for looking for the input of statutory
bodies, civil society orga