A/HRC/44/13 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its thirty-fifth session from 20 to 31 January 2020. The review of Grenada was held at the 11th meeting, on 27 January 2020. The delegation of Grenada was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Charles Peter David. At its 16th meeting, held on 30 January 2020, the Working Group adopted the report on Grenada. 2. On 14 January 2020, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Grenada: Brazil, India and the Netherlands. 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 Grenada: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/35/GRD/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/35/GRD/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/35/GRD/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Germany, Liechtenstein, Portugal, on behalf of the Group of Friends on national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, Slovenia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America was transmitted to Grenada 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 head of the delegation thanked the members of the troika, namely Brazil, India and the Netherlands, for their efficiency in transmitting the advance questions and all the assistance given to the delegation of Grenada during the review. He also thanked OHCHR for the information compiled in the reports of the treaty bodies and the special procedures and the summary of the contributions by other stakeholders. 6. The head of the delegation stated that the national report for the universal periodic review had been elaborated using a consultative and inclusive approach involving meetings and dialogue with several government ministries, non-governmental organizations and civil society. The universal periodic review process had not only allowed Grenada to take a closer look at its human rights mechanism and associated challenges but it had also given the country the opportunity to highlight some of its human rights achievements since the previous review, in 2015. 7. During the period under review, the Government of Grenada had continued to work tirelessly to strengthen and advance its human rights infrastructure, which was built upon the Grenada Constitution Order 1973, legislative enactments and other policies, protocols and standard operating procedures. 8. One of the highlights of the efforts made by Grenada to expand human rights protection was the passage of seven constitutional reform amendment bills in 2016, which included a bill entitled “Constitution of Grenada (Rights and Freedoms) Amendment Bill 2016. That bill sought, among other things, to incorporate the principle of gender equality into the Constitution and to broaden the concept of discrimination to include age, place of birth, ethnicity, religion, social class and language. The head of delegation noted that unfortunately none of the bills had garnered the requisite approval in the referendums held in 2016, as there was strong resistance by the opposition party, civil society groups and church groups, which argued that the definition of gender in the Constitution of Grenada 2