The consultation will focus on the recommendations supported in whole or in part by the United States as part of its 2015 Universal Periodic Review, and related recommendations received by the United States from UN human rights treaty bodies, on the following topics assigned to Working Group 3 and Working Group 1: Economic, Social, Cultural Rights, Indigenous Issues and the Environment, and Civil Rights and Discrimination not related to Law Enforcement. The consultation will be a one-day consultation consisting of panels in the morning and breakout sessions in the afternoon on topics related to the recommendations covered by Working Group 3 and certain recommendations covered by Working Group 1, as identified in the attachment. A full list of UPR recommendations and the U.S. Government positions on each of them is available at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/USSession22.aspx. Additionally, a summary of the UPR process and the structure of the Working Groups is attached to this email.

RSVP to UPRWorkingGroup3@state.gov no later than Friday, August 5, 2016 with the following information: (i) your name, (ii) institutional affiliation, (iii) whether you will participate in-person or by webcast. Based on your acceptance of this invitation, HUD will provide additional information to facilitate your entry into the facility or webcast.

Written statements provided in advance are strongly encouraged, in order to permit U.S. Government participants to prepare to discuss topics of interest.  Please limit your statements and remarks to the topics enumerated above, which are covered by Interagency UPR Working Group 3 (information on these interagency UPR Working Groups can be found at http://www.humanrights.gov/dyn/issues/un-universal-periodic-review.html). Please e-mail any advance written statements/topic areas to UPRWorkingGroup3@state.gov by the RSVP deadline, so that we may review them prior to the consultation.