A/HRC/5/21 page 5 (d) Voluntary pledges and commitments made by States, including those undertaken when presenting their candidatures for election to the Human Rights Council (hereinafter “the Council”). 2. In addition to the above and given the complementary and mutually interrelated nature of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, the review shall take into account applicable international humanitarian law. B. Principles and objectives 1. Principles 3. The universal periodic review should: (a) Promote the universality, interdependence, indivisibility and interrelatedness of all human rights; (b) Be a cooperative mechanism based on objective and reliable information and on interactive dialogue; (c) Ensure universal coverage and equal treatment of all States; (d) Be an intergovernmental process, United Nations Member-driven and action-oriented; (e) Fully involve the country under review; (f) Complement and not duplicate other human rights mechanisms, thus representing an added value; (g) Be conducted in an objective, transparent, non-selective, constructive, non-confrontational and non-politicized manner; (h) Council; Not be overly burdensome to the concerned State or to the agenda of the (i) Not be overly long; it should be realistic and not absorb a disproportionate amount of time, human and financial resources; (j) Not diminish the Council’s capacity to respond to urgent human rights situations; (k) Fully integrate a gender perspective; (l) Without prejudice to the obligations contained in the elements provided for in the basis of review, take into account the level of development and specificities of countries;