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Civil Society Space and the
United
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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Reminder! Call for inputs - Gender-sensitive Perspective into Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings - Deadline extended to 10 February 2017
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Reminder! Call for input - Report on the conscientious objection to military service -
Deadline 13 February 2017
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Reminder! Call for inputs - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on ways to bridge the gender digital divide from a human rights perspective (Human Rights Council resolution 32/13) - Deadline extended to 15 February 2017
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New!
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights will hold a private meeting between its five independent experts and civil society organisations on Thursday 16 February 2017 (16:00-17:00) in Palais des Nations, room VII (A building, 3rd floor).
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Call for applications 2018 - UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery -
Deadline 1 March 2017
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Call for applications 2018 - UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture -
Deadline 1 March 2017
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Call for Applications - The OPCAT Special Fund accepts project applications aimed at contributing to the implementation of the Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) recommendations on the establishment or effective functioning of national preventive mechanisms - Deadline 1 March 2017
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Call for inputs - Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on "human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice" (Human Rights Council resolution 30/7) - Deadline 1 March 2017
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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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New! 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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New!
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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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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New! 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
26th session of the
Committee on Migrant Workers, 3 - 13 April 2017, Geneva. See the information note for NGOs:
English
- French
12th Session of the
Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 6 - 17 March 2017, Geneva.
Deadlines for the participation of NGOs to the 12 session of CED:
13 February 2017 for the review of Cuba, Ecuador and Senegal.
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- Information for NGOs
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Update! Regularly updated calendar about which Special Procedures expert is travelling where?
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The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.
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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!
Intersessional seminar on the impact of the implementation by States of their obligations under relevant provisions of international human rights law with regard to the protection of the family on the role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities on Thursday, 23 February 2017 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Room XVII of Palais des Nations.
New! 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. Letter-Report
New! Organizational meeting of the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council.
English -
French
New! Draft Program of Work of the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council (provisional and subject to change).
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Reminder! 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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18th Session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, 20-24 February 2017, Palais des Nations Room XX. Read more:
English -
French
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
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uprsubmissions@ohchr.org). Read more - 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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Enforced disappearances: UN expert group to review in Seoul some 600 cases from 42 countries
UN Human Rights chief Zeid to visit Oman and Kuwait
UN rights office categorically rejects claims it endangered NGOs
Malta Summit: "Is Libya the right disembarking point for migrants?" - UN rights expert
West Bank: UN rights expert urges the UN Security Council to stop illegal settlements
Press briefing notes on Myanmar and Ukraine
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Devastating cruelty against Rohingya children, women and men detailed in UN human rights report
UN rights experts urge Iran to halt the imminent execution of juvenile offender Hamid Ahmadi
Burundi: UN experts raise alarm at growing repression of NGOs and human rights defenders
Afghanistan: UN calls for urgent measures to halt civilian casualties, as numbers for 2016 reach record high
Torture prevention in Niger: visible progress but challenges remain - UN experts
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Thailand: UN rights expert concerned by the continued use of lèse-majesté prosecutions
Malta summit: Protect rights of migrants, Zeid urges EU
Sudan: UN Independent Expert to follow up on recommendations by the UN human rights system
UN child rights experts issue findings on Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Estonia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Serbia, Georgia and Malawi
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