Summary
This issue includes:
Call for inputs: Development; Environment; Hazardous substances and waste; Racism; Sale of Children; Torture; Water and Sanitation
Upcoming country visits: Botswana, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
Call for inputs
| Mandate | Call | Deadline | Additional info |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism | Call for inputs: Report to highlight the challenges to implement the Durban Declaration and Programme Action (DDPA) for fighting racial injustice and inequality (to be presented at the GA on the 20th anniversary of the DDPA) | 10 Aug 2021 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children
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Call for inputs: To provide information on issues related to the sale and sexual exploitation of children for the SR upcoming country visit to Montenegro that will take place during 8 – 16 Sep, 2021 | 30 Aug 2021 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment | Call for inputs: Researchathon on Sacrifice Zones and Human Rights – for the series of reports on the six substantive elements of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (for the HRC and GA) | 31 Aug 2021 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on torture
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Call for inputs: Impact of thematic reports presented by the Special Rapporteur in the respective national contexts (to be presented to the HRC49, Mar 2022) | 31 Aug 2021 | Read more
Questionnaire |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation | Survey: To provide information for thematic report on “the human rights to water and sanitation of people living in rural areas” (to be presented at the HRC in Sep 2022) | 31 Aug 2021 |
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| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation | Survey: To provide information for thematic report on ” the human rights to water and sanitation of indigenous peoples” (to be presented at the GA in 2022) | 31 Aug 2021 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes | Call for inputs: To inform the Special Rapporteur’s visit to Italy that will take place from 30 Nov until 13 Dec 2021 (to be presented at the HRC during its 51st session in September 2022) | 30 Sep 2021 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment | Call for inputs: Report on Toxic-free places to live, work, study and play (to be presented at the UN HRC in March 2022) | 1 Nov 2021 | Read more
Questionnaire |
: requests information on LGBTI persons
Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
The UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, undertakes 1 to 3 fact-finding country visits per year.
He visited Ukraine in 2019, and Georgia and Mozambique in 2018. In 2017, his predecessor Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn visited Argentina.
In March 2018, Victor Madrigal-Borloz made 12 country visit requests. On 4 July 2018 Malta invited the Independent Expert to visit their country. The Independent Expert also requested a visit to Japan (8 October 2019), Tunisia (19 November 2019), India and Colombia (both 7 January 2020), and Cambodia (28 March 2020).
In this section, you may find information about current status of the requests. Up-to-date information about country visits may be found here.
If your country is planned for the Independent Expert’s visit and you wish to engage with ILGA on this, please contact us (kseniya@silga.com).
| Country | Current Status |
| Argentina* | Visit conducted on 1-10 Mar 2017. End of Mission Statement: English – Spanish Press Release: English – Spanish Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R |
| Armenia* | Request to postpone (17 Apr 2018) |
| Burkina Faso | Reminder visit request – for 2021 (17 Jan 2020) |
| Cambodia | Proposed dates September 2021 (14 Dec 2020) |
| Colombia* | Request to postpone (7 Apr 2020) |
| Georgia* | Visit conducted on 25 Sep to 5 Oct 2018. End of Mission Statement: English – Georgian Press Release: English – Georgian Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R |
| Ghana* | Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020) |
| India* | Visit request (7 Jan 2020) |
| Japan* | Visit request for second half of 2020 (8 Oct 2019) |
| Kenya* | Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020) |
| Malta* | Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018) |
| Nepal | Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
| Mozambique* | Visit conducted on 3-10 Dec 2018. End of Mission Statement: English – Portuguese Press Release: English – Portuguese Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R |
| Poland* | Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
| Sri Lanka* | Request to postpone to 2020 (2 Oct 2019). Background note |
| Thailand* | Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
| Tunisia* | Visit conducted on 8 -18 Jun 2021 End of Mission Statement: English – Arabic – French Press Release: English – Arabic – Frenchequest to postpone from 8 to 18 June 2021 (21 Apr 2021) |
| Ukraine* | Visit conducted on 30 Apr to 10 May 2019. End of Mission Statement: English – Ukrainian Press Release: English – Russian – Ukrainian Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R |
Upcoming country visits by other mandates
This information is regularly updated by the OHCHR here.
To find out how you can support the visits, please contact the respective mandate-holders at their e-mail addresses, available here.
| Country | Mandate | Dates |
| POSTPONED!!! Mexico | Internally displaced persons | 15 – 27 Mar 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Paraguay | Minority Issues | 24 May – 4 Jun 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Cyprus | Disappearances | 21 – 30 Jun 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Mauritania | Slavery | 22 Jun – 1 Jul 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Singapore | Terrorism | 12-19 Jul 2021 |
| NEW!!! Botswana | Disability | 10-19 Aug 2021 |
| Zimbabwe | Unilateral coercive measures | 9-20 Aug 2021 |
| Sri Lanka | Slavery | 23 Aug – 1 Sep 2021 |
| Montenegro | Sale of children | 8-16 Sep 2021 |
| Nepal | Extreme poverty |
6-17 Sep 2021 |
| NEW!!! Serbia | Freedom of expression |
15 – 24 Sep 2021 |
| Italy | Business enterprises | 27 Sep – 6 Oct 2021 |
| NEW!!! Finland | Older persons | 26 Oct-4 Dec 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Mozambique | Summary executions |
6 Nov- 21 Nov 2021 TBC |
| Kyrgyzstan | Extreme poverty |
1-12 Nov 2021 |
| NEW!!! Hungary | Freedom of expression |
15- 22 Nov 2021 TBC |
| Italy | Toxics and human rights | 30 Nov – 13 Dec 2021 |
| Ethiopia | Extreme poverty |
7-18 Nov 2022 |
| Pakistan | Extreme poverty |
5-16 Dec 2022 |
: Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues