UN Human Rights - Weekly Update 21
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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
Call for inputs
Report of the Secretary-General on Cooperation with the United Nations, its Mechanisms and Representatives in the field of Human Rights
- Deadline 24 May and 7 June 2017
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NEW
Nomination of human rights defenders working in the field of business and human rights
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REMINDER Invitation
Launch of OHCHR Annual report to NGOs, 30 May, 14:00-16:00 Room XIX, Palais des nations
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NEW Invitation
HRC35 Pre-session briefing for NGOs - Palais des Nations, Room XXIV on 1 June from 10:30 to 11:30
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Report of
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
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ight to liberty and security of persons with disabilities"
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Deadline 30
May 2017
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REMINDER Call for inputs
Special Rapporteur - "Non-State Actors and Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killing" - Deadline 31 May 2017
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REMINDER Call for
applications
OHCHR Annual 2017 Fellowship Programme for people of African descent - Deadline 31 May 2017
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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
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Report of the
UN Special Rapporteur
on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders the situation of human rights defenders working in the field of business and human rights - Deadline 2 June 2017
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Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on the issue of corruption and how it affects the independence of the judiciary and lawyers - Deadline 3 June 2017
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Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination
based on sexual orientation and gender identity - Deadline 5 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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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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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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French -
Spanish
75th session of the
Committee on the Rights of Child, 15 May- 2 June 2017.
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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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French -
Spanish
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Update! Regularly updated calendar and news about which Special Procedures expert is travelling where?
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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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NEW! Draft Programme of work of the HRC 35.
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HRC 35 organizational meeting will be held on Monday 22 May 2017 at 10 a.m in room XX.
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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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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.
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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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Stand up for human rights to - and through - health, experts urge Governments
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UN report exposes human rights violations and abuses against civilians in and around Yei, South Sudan.
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Zeid urges Israel to respect the human rights of detainees. Read more
Mexico: UN rights experts strongly condemn killing of human rights defender and call for effective measures to tackle impunity. Read more
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Blasphemy law has no place in a tolerant nation like Indonesia - UN rights experts.
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Yemen must stop persecution of Bahá'í community, urges UN expert on freedom of religion
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"No end in sight," says UN human rights expert after five decades of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory.
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"Place child protection at the core of tourism strategy" - UN rights expert urges Dominican Republic.
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Sudan / Human rights: UN expert calls on the Government to adopt urgent democratic reform.
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Canada: UN expert group to assess impact of business operations on human rights.
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UN expert group concerned about the situation of deprivation of liberty in Argentina. Read more
OHCHR: Gaza Death Sentences Illegal. Read more
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