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)
20th session - Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD) - Consultation with Civil Society - 5 April 2017, 15h00 - Palais Wilson, First floor Conference Room
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
Deadline extended! 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 20 April 2017
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
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 ", Friday, 28 April 2017, 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m., Room XIX, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Read More
Call for applications 4 vacancies of mandate holders to be appointed at HRC35 (June 2017) English - French
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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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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News
UN experts urge UAE to quash the death sentence against a woman migrant domestic worker. Read more
Russian Federation: "Immediately release detained peaceful protesters". Read more
Mosul: Protection of civilians paramount as ISIL intensifies use of human shields.
