This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Burkina Faso in May 2018. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations accepted by Burkina Faso in its previous UPR, assesses the national human rights framework and the situation of human rights on the ground, and makes a number of recommendations to Burkina Faso to strengthen human rights protection and address human rights challenges in the country.
