19thSessionoftheHumanRightsCouncil.docxVIP

19th Session of the Human Rights CouncilUniversal Periodic ReviewMid-term progress report on the recommendations accepted in March 2010PortugalGeneva, February 2012United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic ReviewPortugalMid-term progress ReportThe situation of human rights in Portugal was reviewed at the 6th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, in December 2009. A total of 89 recommendations were addressed to Portugal, which accepted 86 thereof or considered they were already being implemented.Portugal attaches great importance to the UPR process and found