The Maldives is participating in the 51st Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which is being held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

The session commenced on Monday and will run for two weeks, concluding on 30 January 2026. The Maldives delegation to the session is led by the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Dr Salma Rasheed. The delegation also includes Counsellor Adam Hamid, Counsellor Uza Aminath Shifaya Ibrahim, Second Secretary Aishath Rayahyn, and Attaché Raaidh Saeedh from the Permanent Mission of the Maldives in Geneva

During the session, the UPR Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council will review the human rights records of 13 States: Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

The Maldives delegation will participate actively in the discussions and provide constructive recommendations to the States under review.

The Universal Periodic Review is a State-driven mechanism under which the human rights situation of all United Nations Member States is reviewed periodically. The UPR Working Group convenes three sessions each year, and the fourth cycle of the review began in November 2022 and is scheduled to conclude in 2027.

Through the UPR process, States report on progress made in meeting their human rights obligations and commitments, while peer States offer recommendations aimed at strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights globally.