The World Privacy Forum will be speaking about medical and health privacy rights in the Universal Periodic Review as part of the Civil Society Consultation for the United States. The UPR is an important cyclical process run under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council. The last UPR was in 2010.

“The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all United Nations Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations. As one of the main features of the Council, the UPR is designed to ensure equal treatment for every country when their human rights situations are assessed.” (UN, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UPR)

WPF is participating in panel four of the consolation, which will be held Tuesday Oct. 14 from 1:30-3:30 pm. The consultation is closed to the press.