The UPR-SDG Data Explorer
The UPR-SDG Data Explorer
Explore the connections between the recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
What is the UPR-SDG Data Explorer?
The UPR-SDG Data Explorer is a searchable database that links recommendations from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
It allows users to explore how UPR recommendations for specific countries, regions or groups of rights-holders are linked to the 169 targets contained in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The UPR-SDG Data Explorer is the result of an experimental data mining project, where an algorithm has been trained to automatically identify links between UPR recommendations and SDG targets. You can read more about the methodology here.
Why explore the links between UPR recommendations and the SDGs?
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is explicitly grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights treaties, and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals “seek to realize the human rights of all”.
What is the Universal Periodic Review?
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique peer review mechanism under the UN Human Rights Council. The UPR seeks to improve the human rights situation in all UN Member States by periodically assessing their human rights records and addressing human rights violations wherever they occur.
The Human Rights Guide to the SDGsshows that more than 92% of SDG targets are linked to specific provisions of international human rights instruments. This means that human rights and SDGs are tied together in a mutually reinforcing manner, and can be realised through integrated approaches. This implies that human rights monitoring is directly relevant for monitoring progress of the SDGs, and that states can make use of recommendations from human rights procedures and mechanisms such as the UPR to guide their SDG implementation.
Linking the recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review to specific SDG targets makes it easy for States and stakeholders to identify priority areas for SDG implementation; identify vulnerable groups that require special support, and develop concrete actions that serve the double purpose of realizing human rights obligations and sustainable development commitments.
Developing such integrated approaches will enhance prioritisation, coherence, efficiency, participation, inclusion, as well as accountability.