GENEVA – The human rights record of the United Republic of Tanzania will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Thursday 5 November 2026, 14:30-18:00 (GMT+1), in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live.
The United Republic of Tanzania 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 the United Republic of Tanzania 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 The United Republic of Tanzania can be found here.
Location: Assembly Hall (A Building, third floor), Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Date and time: Thursday, 5 November 2026, 14:30-18:00 (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 the United Republic of Tanzania will be led by Mr. Abdallah Hamis Ulega, Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs.
The three country representatives serving as rapporteurs (“troika”) for the review of the United Republic of Tanzania are Burundi, Ecuador and Viet Nam.
The webcast of the session will be at:
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k131ndo04b
The list of speakers and all available statements to be delivered during the review of the United Republic of Tanzania will be posted on the HRC Portal.
The UPR Working Group is scheduled to adopt the recommendations made to the United Republic of Tanzania 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.
