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)
Call for inputs - Report of the Secretary General - "A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism and comprehensive implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action"
NEW! Half-day workshop - Best practices to promote women's equal nationality rights in law and in practice - 16 May 2017, 10h00 - Room XVI , Palais des Nations.
NEW! Call for inputs - Report of the Special Rapporteur on rights of persons with disabilities - "Right to sexual and reproductive health rights of girls with disabilities"
NEW! Informal regional consultation for the Americas - Elaboration of draft guidelines on right to participate in public affair - 13 to 14 June 2017 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC), Santiago, Chile - Room Celso Furtado - Deadline to register 2 June 2017
"Guiding Principles for carrying out human rights impact assessments in relation to structural adjustment and austerity policies" - Deadline 31 July 2017
Update! Regularly updated news about what committees are meeting, documentation, jurisprudence, etc.
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92th session of the
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 24 April - 12 May 2017. See the information note for NGOs:
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Call for applications for experts - Deadline 1 June 2017.
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Nominations - Members of independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar (Human Rights Council resolution 34/22) - Names and CV of independent, impartial and highly qualified experts in international human rights law and international humanitarian law - Office of the President of the Human Rights Council: hrcpresidency@un.org
Letter from the HRC President: Call for nominations, Chairperson of 2017 Social Forum. Read more
27th session Universal Periodic Review Working Group (1-12 May 2017) - NGO Information Meeting Room Request - Deadline 17 April 2017.
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HRC35 - IMPORTANT - NEW SYSTEM FOR ACCREDITATION! Information about NGO participation at the forthcoming 35th Session of the Human Rights Council - 6 to 23 June 2017 - Palais des Nations Room XX.
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Working Group Universal Periodic Review -Deadlines - Stakeholders' submissions for the 28th and 29th sessions: 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). Read more - Online portal
Ruling in the matter of General Kayumba Nyamwasa and 6 Others which was rendered on 24th March at seat of the African Court in Arusha.
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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
Press release: AICHR judicial colloquium on the sharing of good practice regarding international human rights law, 13 - 15 March 2017.
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ASEAN, UN join forces to end violence against children.
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Europe
The Shrinking Space for Human Rights Organisations - New HR Comment by Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
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News
Two-thirds of torture victims supported by UN Fund are migrants and refugees.
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Venezuela / Protests: UN and IACHR Rapporteurs condemn censorship, arrests and attacks on journalists. Read more
"Respect international law" - UN experts urge Iran to stop executions of two men sentenced to death as children. Read more
Eritrea must free prize winning journalist, says UN human rights expert. Read more
Honduras needs progressive reform of abortion law to advance women's human rights, say UN experts. Read more
UN Human Rights Chief to visit Ethiopia, meet national and African Union leaders, 2 - 4 May. Read more
Press briefing note on Arkansas executions and Cambodia. Read more
