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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- Langage Rights of Linguistic Minorities: A Practical Guide for Implementation - 17 March 2017, 13:00- 15:00 - Room IX, Palais des Nations
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Reminder! Questionnaire - "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 - Question of death penalty - Deadline 31 March 2017
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Call for inputs -
Committee against Torture (CAT) - General comment - "Article 3 of Convention in context of article 22"
- Deadline 31 March 2017
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Eighteenth session - Working Group on the Right to Development - 3 to 7 April
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Call for inputs - Report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights to water and sanitation to the 36th session of the Human rights Council - Deadline 7 April 2017
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Call for inputs - "Good practices and challenges in business and access to financial services by indigenous peoples" -
Deadline 12 April 2017
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Call for inputs - "The role of national human rights institutions in Southeast Asia in protecting human rights" - Deadline 15 April 2017
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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 High Commissioner - "Civil society space in multilateral institutions"
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1 May 2017
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Call for inputs- Report on access to justice for the 37th HRC session - Article 13 of the Convention on Rights of persons with disabilities
- Deadline 1 May 2017
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Call for inputs - Special Rapporteur - "Non-State Actors and Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killing" - Deadline 31 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
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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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NEW! New Special Procedures communications search website
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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! Meeting of HRC President and NGOs - Thurs., 16 March, 14h - Room XI.
NEW! Note verbale - speaking time limits for interactive dialogues and general debates - 34th 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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Reminder! 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)
not later than the day of the given deadline (3:00 p.m.). Should organizations encounter technical problems using the online system, please contact the UPR Submissions Helpdesk (uprsubmissions@ohchr.org).
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Reminder! 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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Asia
ASEAN, UN join forces to end violence against children.
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UN expert calls for urgent action to safeguard progress made in minority rights protection. Read more
UN rights experts condemn Viet Nam for incommunicado detention of blogger 'Mother Mushroom'.
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Too much surveillance: Respect civil liberties and stop playing 'fear card', says UN.
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UN experts urge States and companies to address online gender-based abuse but warn against censorship.
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UN experts mark International Women's Day saying equal rights should be top of the agenda. Read more
UN Special Rapporteur concerned about recurring violence against demonstrators in Belarus. Read more
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Ukraine - Escalation of hostilities has exacerbated civilian suffering. Read more
UN rights expert: "Fundamental right to strike must be preserved".
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Cultural rights threatened by global avalanche of hate - UN Special Rapporteur.
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New EU recommendation on return procedures a "slippery slope" to solve European migration challenges - UN experts
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UN expert calls for independent investigations into killings and violations in Myanmar.
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Massive destruction and serious rights violations since July 2015 in southeast Turkey.
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Women's rights in Africa - UN and African Union launch report ahead of International Women's Day.
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"Illegal adoptions: States must tackle the pressure of demand, and ensure redress for victims".
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Pesticides are "global human rights concern", say UN experts urging new treaty. Read more
Backlash against women's rights progress hurts us all - Zeid. Read more
Proposed "Homeless Ban" in Australia cause for concern. Read more
Human rights in North Korea top priority despite rising tensions.
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Chemical disaster fear in Eastern Ukraine prompts UN expert to raise alarm.
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