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Call for inputs
Report of High Commissioner - "Civil society space in multilateral institutions" - Deadline extended 30 September 2017
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NEW
Invitation
Side event in parallel to the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council- Achieving SDG 5.3: Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage -
The Role of National Human Rights Institutions.
Palais des Nations, Room XXVII, 16 June 2017, 12:30 pm -2:00pm
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NEW
Invitation
Side event in parallel to the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council-
Abuses and impunity in Central African Republic- Discussion in light of the release of the mapping report- Monday 19 June 2017, 12:00-13:30, Palais des Nations, Room XXV
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Invitation
Annual Meeting of Special Procedures Exchange with Civil Society Actors
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 15.00 to 18.00, Room XII, Palais des Nations- Deadline to confirm participation 21 June 2017
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Committee Against Torture - written information on Austria, Malawi, Serbia, Slovakia, Somalia, Spain and Switzerland for the List of Issues Prior to Reporting; and on Mauritania and Tajikistan for the List of Issues (cat@ohchr.org) - Deadline 26 June 2017
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Committee Against Torture - written information on Antigua and Barbuda , Ireland, Panama, Paraguay for examination of the State party's report (cat@ohchr.org) - Deadline 26 June 2017
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Questionnaire in relation to national action plans to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Deadline 30 June 2017
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Call for inputs
Independent expert on foreign debt - "Guiding Principles for carrying out human rights impact assessments in relation to structural adjustment and austerity policies" - Deadline 31 July 2017
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Two-day regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America organized by OHCHR under paragraph 29 (c) of the Programme of Activities of International Decade for People of African Descentroom, Room XIX at the Palais des Nations, Geneva from 23 to 24 November 2017
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Update! Regularly updated news about what committees are meeting, documentation, jurisprudence, etc.
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61th session of the
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 28 May- 23 June 2017. See the information note for NGOs:
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Update! Regularly updated calendar and news about which Special Procedures expert is travelling where?
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Latest special procedures communications report A/HRC/35/44 available on the special Procedures communications search website.
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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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REMINDER!
Draft Programme of work of the HRC 35.
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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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Letter from the HRC President: Call for nominations, Chairperson of 2017 Social Forum.
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Working Group Universal Periodic Review
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Deadlines -
Stakeholders' submissions for the 28th sessions:
29 June 2017 for 28th 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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Online portal
UPR Submission Guidelines for NGOs.
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Regional Human Rights Mechanisms
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Africa
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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Domestic violence a form of "arbitrary execution", says UN rights expert.
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Côte d'Ivoire: UN Independent Expert in mission for final assessment of human rights situation.
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UN Human Rights Office clarifies error on Nigeria
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World needs "revolution" in mental health care - UN rights expert.
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Mosul: UN receives reports of mass killings of fleeing civilians by ISIL. Read more
Businesses must eradicate human trafficking from their supply chains - UN expert. Read more
UN expert backs moves to restart Korea family reunions within two. Read more
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World needs new cooperation to combat global challenges - UN rights expert.
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Indigenous and environmental rights under attack in Brazil, UN and Inter-American experts warn.
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Conflict in Ukraine enters its fourth year with no end in sight - UN report.
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