Managing Attorney Tesifies at United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), People’s UPR Regarding the Rights of Political Prisoners in the United States

For the People Managing Attorney, Jenipher Jones delivers testimony to civil society about the human rights of U.S. political prisoners at the People's UPR held in NYC.

The Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States has been set to take place in November 2025. The UPR is a unique United Nations Human Rights Council process that allows all United Nations Member States to undergo a peer review of their human rights records every 4.5 years. So far this year, the United States government is refusing to participate in this process. Nonetheless, U.S. civil society mobilized to ensure that people’s voices are heard through important testimonies to build a record toward addressing human rights violations here in the United States. As part of those efforts to build a record, a People’s UPR was organized as a side event during the Third Committee Session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, NY.