UN to review human rights record of St Kitts and Nevis on January 27

The human rights record of Saint Kitts and Nevis will come under international scrutiny when it is reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

The review is scheduled to take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (GMT+1) during a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live from the Palais des Nations. Saint Kitts and Nevis is among 13 countries slated for examination during the UPR Working Group’s session, which runs from January 19 to 30, 2026.

Previous UPR reviews of Saint Kitts and Nevis were conducted in January 2011, November 2015 and January 2021.

The UPR Working Group is made up of the 47 member states of the Human Rights Council, though any UN member or observer state may participate in the review process. The UPR mechanism serves as a peer review of the human rights records of all 193 UN member states.

The review is based on three key documents: a national report submitted by the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis; information compiled by UN human rights mechanisms, including special procedures, treaty bodies and other UN entities; and submissions from other stakeholders such as national human rights institutions, regional organizations and civil society groups.

During the fourth UPR cycle, countries are expected to outline the measures they have taken to implement recommendations accepted during previous reviews, as well as highlight recent developments in their human rights landscape.

The delegation from Saint Kitts and Nevis will be led by Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Garth Wilkin.

The review will be facilitated by a three-country rapporteur group, known as the “troika,” comprising representatives from the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ghana and Iceland.

The session will be held in the Assembly Hall, located in the A Building on the third floor of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.