This joint FIDH-LMHR submission focuses on the following human rights issues: 1) elections and the right to participate in public affairs; 2) human rights defenders and civil society; 3) political prisoners; 4) enforced disappearances; 5) freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly; 6) freedom of religion or belief; 7) the death penalty; 8) cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms; and 9) the human rights impacts of large-scale infrastructure and investment projects.
The fourth UPR of Laos will take place on 29 April 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.