October 22, 2025
All* Above All, along with 115 reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations, sent a letter of concern regarding the United States Government’s decision to withdraw from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, an unprecedented step that signals a worrying retreat from our human rights obligations and the global mechanisms of accountability.
This will be the first UPR since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped certain federal constitutional protections for abortion. Since then, attacks on reproductive freedom and human rights have only escalated. In light of this, we made the request that the Council, as well as all UN Member States, take urgent measures to safeguard the UPR’s integrity and complete this crucial peer-to-peer assessment of the U.S.’ human rights record, regardless of whether the U.S. federal government participates in the process.
UPDATE: In part, due to our advocacy, on November 7th, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a decision calling on the United States to resume its cooperation with the Universal Periodic Review, giving them until November 2026, while leaving open the possibility for it to be scheduled sooner.
Read our letter here
