The U.S. will undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its human rights obligations by the U.N. this year. As part of the review process, officials from the U.S. Department of State traveled to New Orleans in January in the first of a series of human rights consultations to hear how the U.S. is living up to its treaty obligations. The consultation was hosted by the Equity and Inclusion Campaign, the Gulf States Human Rights Network, the Greater New Orleans Organizers Roundtable, and the U.S. Human Rights Network.