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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!
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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New!
Meeting of UNOG Director-General with NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC - 23 February 2017, 15h00 - Room XXI, Palais des Nations.
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New!
Ivan Simonovic, Secretary-General's Special Advisor on the 'Responsibility to Protect' - Meeting with civil society organizations to introduce mandate and seek cooperation - 24 February,
15h
- Room RI-02 - OHCHR, 48 Avenue Giuseppe Motta - Confirm attendance by Fri., 17 February (
civilsociety@ohchr.org
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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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New!
Annual Meeting of the High Commissioner with NGOs - 15 March, 14h00 - Room XXI, Palais des Nations
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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 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! 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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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
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
26th session of the
Committee on Migrant Workers, 3 - 13 April 2017, Geneva. See the information note for NGOs:
English
- French
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Update! Regularly updated calendar 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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Reminder!
18th Session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, 20-24 February 2017, Palais des Nations Room XX. Read more: English - French
Invitation
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Change of Room!
Meeting of the HRC President with NGOs on 21 February 2017 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in
Room XXI,
Palais des nations.
New!
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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New!
Call for applications 4 vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at HRC35 (June 2017) English French
Reminder!
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
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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. Letter-Report
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). 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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Central African Republic: UN expert urges all actors to seize historic opportunity
Violence against women: UN human rights expert launches official visit to Australia
UN expert urges Tunisia to further ground in human rights its fight against extremism and terrorism
Civilians in Yemen caught between warring parties
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Press briefing note in Yemen and Iran
UN expert urges Cameroon to restore internet services cut off in rights violatio
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UN Chiefs call for international solidarity to address migrant and refugee flows in Libya
Expertos de la ONU piden al Congreso de Guatemala que apoye la iniciativa 5179
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UN experts urge Kenya to end crackdown on rights groups to ensure fair elections
Press briefing notes on the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guatemala
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UN Human Rights Office launches USD 253M funding appeal - most ambitious to date
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