by Linda Straker
- Recommendations following 2025 review are expected to be published by 9 May
- Grenada is one of 14 States to be reviewed by UPR Working Group
- Venezuela in strong support of volunteer mechanism of the report
Venezuela has recommended that Grenada engage in capacity building to meet the challenges caused by climate change as well as review domestic legislation that guarantees the protection of human rights.
These were among recommendations from the South American nation offered when Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, Venezuela’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, contributed to the Grenada Human Rights Report or the 2025 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held in Geneva on 5 May.
He said that Venezuela was in strong support of the volunteer mechanism of the report because it can bring the highest quality review for human rights. “Continue the review of domestic legislation in order to carry the necessary reforms based on the national circumstances so that it can continue to guarantee the promotion and protection of human rights including the right to development.”
He further recommended that Grenada “continue implementing national programs geared to safeguarding the rights to the most vulnerable groups including boys, girls, older persons and persons with disabilities and to promote technical assistance and capacity building to meet existing challenges about climate change.”
Roxie McLeish-Hutchinson, Permanent Secretary with responsibility for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development, led Grenada’s delegation for the review, supported by Rae Thomas of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.
Grenada is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from 28 April to 9 May 2025. The first, second and third UPR reviews of Grenada took place in May 2010, January 2015, and January 2020, respectively. There were 148 recommendations following the 2020 review.
The documents on which the reviews are based are:
- national report, which is information provided by the state under review
- information contained in the reports of independent human rights experts and groups, known as the special procedures, human rights treaty bodies, and other UN entities
- information provided by other stakeholders, including national human rights institutions, regional organisations, and civil society groups
All the recommendations to Grenada following the 2025 review are expected to be published by 9 May.
