A/HRC/48/5 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its thirty-eighth session from 3 to 14 May 2021. The review of the Niger was held at the 2nd meeting, on 3 May 2021. The delegation of the Niger was headed by the Minister of Justice, Boubakar Hassan. At its 10th meeting, held on 7 May 2021, the Working Group adopted the report on the Niger. 2. On 12 January 2021, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of the Niger: Argentina, Côte d’Ivoire and the Marshall Islands. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of the Niger: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a);1 (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b);2 (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c). 3 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, Canada, Germany, Liechtenstein, Panama, Portugal, on behalf of the Group of Friends on national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to the Niger through the troika. These questions are available on the website of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of the Niger stated that the country had made significant progress in improving the human rights situation and in the area of good governance. In 2020 and 2021, the Niger had held presidential, parliamentary and local elections, which had been judged by many national and international observers to have been free, transparent and credible, to the great satisfaction of the country’s political class and the international community. For the first time in the country’s history, a political transition had taken place between two democratically elected Presidents. 6. Since 2016, more than 20 international legal instruments relating to human rights and the general well-being of the population had been ratified. They included the Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the crime of aggression (the Kampala amendments), the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption and the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity; and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) and Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183). 7. At the national level, more than 80 laws and regulations had been adopted in various fields, either to incorporate the provisions of international legal instruments into the domestic legal order or to adapt existing laws to new circumstances and other developments, with a view to ensuring the well-being, tranquillity and security of the population. New structures 1 2 3 2 A/HRC/WG.6/38/NER/1. A/HRC/WG.6/38/NER/2. A/HRC/WG.6/38/NER/3. GE.21-09329