The human rights record of Antigua and Barbuda will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Friday 6 November 2026, 9:00–12:30 (GMT+1), in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live.
Antigua and Barbuda is one of 14 States scheduled to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from 2 to 13 November 2026.
The first, second and third UPR reviews of Antigua and Barbuda took place in October 2011, May 2016, and November 2021, respectively.
The UPR Working Group is comprised of the 47 Member States of the Human Rights Council. However, any UN Member or Observer State can participate in a country review.
The documents on which the reviews are based are: 1) national report – information provided by the State under review; 2) information contained in the reports of independent human rights experts and groups, known as the special procedures, human rights treaty bodies, and other UN entities; 3) information provided by other stakeholders including national human rights institutions, regional organizations, and civil society groups.
The three reports serving as the basis for the review of Antigua and Barbuda can be found here.
Location: Assembly Hall (A Building, third floor), Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Date and time: Friday, 6 November 2026, 9:00–12:30 (GMT+1)
The UPR is a peer review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. Since its first meeting was held in April 2008, all 193 UN Member States have been reviewed three times. During the fourth UPR cycle, States are again expected to spell out steps they have taken to implement recommendations posed during their previous reviews which they committed to follow up on and highlight recent human rights developments in the country.
The delegation of Antigua and Barbuda will be led by Mr. E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The three country representatives serving as rapporteurs (“troika”) for the review of Antigua and Barbuda are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia.
The webcast of the session will be at: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e/k1e317m3wd
The list of speakers and all available statements to be delivered during the review of Antigua and Barbuda will be posted on the HRC Portal.
The UPR Working Group is scheduled to adopt the recommendations made to Antigua and Barbuda on Friday, 13 November 2026, between 14:30 and 18:00 (GMT+1). The State under review may wish to express its positions on recommendations posed to it during its review.
Source: Antigua News Room Antigua and Barbuda’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review.