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Civil Society Space and the
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Nations Human Rights System
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How to Follow Up on United
Nations Human Rights Recommendations
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Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on "Practical recommendations for the creation and maintenance of a safe and enabling environment for civil society, based on good practices and lessons learned" (April 2016)
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The UN Secretary-General's reports on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
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NEW! Side event - OHCHR - "Human rights-based approach to SDGs and Paris climate agreement" - 1 March, 15h - Rom XXIV, Palais des Nations
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NEW! Side event - Independent Expert on albinism - "Human Rights of people with albinism - a case study of Malawi" - 2 March, 16h30 - Room XXII, Palais des Nations
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NEW! Side event - OHCHR - "Equality and non-discrimination" - 3 March, 16h30 - Room XXIII, Palais des Nations
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REMINDER! Side event - Special Rapporteur on freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association - "Freedoms of association and peaceful assembly in the workplace" - 6 March, 12:00 - Palais des Nations, Room XXI
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NEW! Side event - UN Democracy Fund - "What makes a successful civil society project? - 15 March, 13h00 - Room XXI, Palais des Nations
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| Invitation - Annual Meeting of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights with NGOs - 15 March, 14h00 - Room XXI,
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Call for inputs -
Questionnaire from the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order on the impact of economic and financial policies, especially those of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, on a democratic and equitable international order -
Deadline 24 March 2017
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Call for inputs - Report of the UN Secretary-General on the question of death penalty pursuant to the Human Rights Council resolution 30/5 -
Deadline 31 March 2017
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Call for written submissions to the
Committee against Torture (CAT) on the draft revised general comment (GC) "on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention in the context of article 22"
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Invitation to the eighteenth annual session of the Working Group on the Right to Development, to be held from 3 to 7 April.
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Call for submissions to study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Good practices and challenges in business and access to financial services by indigenous peoples-
Deadline 12 April 2017
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NEW! Call for Inputs - Secretary-General's Report - "Role of national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights" - Deadline 24 April 2017.
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Call for Inputs - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the issue of civil society space (Human Rights Council resolution 32/31) - Deadline 1 May 2017
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Update! Regularly updated news about what committees are meeting, documentation, jurisprudence, etc.
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26th session of the
Committee on Migrant Workers, 3 - 13 April 2017, Geneva. See the information note for NGOs:
English
- French
The Committee will hold a meeting with civil society organizations and national institutions on Monday, 3 April 2017 from 11:00 to 12:00
The
Committee against Torture will hold a General Discussion (GD) on the draft revised general comment "
on the
implementation of article 3 of the Convention in the context of article 22
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Friday, 28 April 2017, 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m., Room XIX, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Read More
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Update! Regularly updated calendar and news about which Special Procedures expert is travelling where?
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Latest report of cases of human rights violations taken up by Special Procedures.
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Human Rights Council -- UPR
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NEW! Opening statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - 34th Human Rights Council.
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Letter of the President of the Human Rights Council presenting his list of candidates for the seven mandate holders to be appointed at the Council's 34th session.
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Letter of the President of the Human Rights Council transmitting the report of the Consultative Group with its recommendations regarding the selection of the mandate holders to be appointed at the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council.
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Call for applications 4 vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at HRC35 (June 2017)
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Draft Program of Work of the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (provisional and subject to change).
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Information about NGO participation at the forthcoming 34th Session of the Human Rights Council - 27 February to 24 March 2017 - Palais des Nations Room XX.
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The deadlines for the stakeholders' submissions for the 28th and 29th sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review are as follows: 30 March 2017 for 28th session and 29 June 2017 for 29th session. Stakeholders should submit their contributions through the online UPR submissions registration system (https://uprdoc.ohchr.org). Should organizations encounter technical problems using the online system, please contact the UPR Submissions Helpdesk (uprsubmissions@ohchr.org).
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Online portal
UPR Submission Guidelines for NGOs.
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Regional Human Rights Mechanisms
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Africa
The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights calls for contributions to the draft study on "HIV, the Law and Human Rights in the African Human Rights System: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Rights-based Responses to HIV".
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The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights announces the publication of the First Edition of the African Human Rights Yearbook, and invites abstracts for papers that will propose groundbreaking academic style contributions to the human rights discourse in Africa. Read more
Americas
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights continues work on the participatory development of its Strategic Plan and invites civil society to regional consultations.
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemns the deaths of nearly 100 people in prisons in Brazil.
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights presents financial projections for 2017 and opens dialogue to raise funds to defend and protect human rights in the region.
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Europe
The European Court of Human Rights will be holding its
annual press conference on
Thursday, 26 January 2017, in the press room in the Human Rights Building in Strasbourg.
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The European Committee of Social Rights makes public its Conclusions 2016 on state compliance with the European Social Charter as regards to rights related to employment, training and equal opportunities.
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States must fulfil human rights obligations in protecting biodiversity.
Housing can't be reduced to a financial asset for the wealthy. Read more
Toxic air pollution: UN rights experts urge tighter rules to combat "invisible threat.
UN expert group urges Bangladesh to stop enforced disappearances.
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Press briefing note on Israel: Elor Azaria case.
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UN rights expert urges Kenya to protect four environmental defenders whose lives are under threat.
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UN rights expert urges Malaysia to halt imminent execution of two brothers.
DRC defence and security forces committed serious human rights violations in December 2016.
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Nigeria: when the State fails to provide water, fetching water should not be a criminal act - UN expert warns.
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Press briefing notes on Thailand and Yemen. Read more
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