INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES (JULY 2023): CALLS FOR INPUT AND UPCOMING COUNTRY VISITS
Summary
This issue includes:
Call for inputs: Enforced disappearances; Environment; Extreme poverty; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly; Unilateral coercive measures
Upcoming country visitsmissions carried out by UN Special Procedure mandate holders to assess the situation of human rights in a specific country. During their missions, they will meet with national and local authorities, national human rights institutions, as well as with NGOs, civil society, and survivors of human rights violations. Findings, conclusions and recommendations of such missions are published in reports to the Human Rights Council.: Algeria; Australia; Bahamas; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; European Union; Finland; Germany; Georgia; Honduras; Japan; Liechtenstein; Malta; Mauritania; Mexico; Mongolia; Montenegro; Peru; Republic of Moldova; South Africa; Tunisia
Calls for input
| Mandate | Call | Deadline | Additional Info |
| Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty | Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Ecuador | 01 Jul 2023 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression | Call for inputs for report on freedom of expression and the genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. dimensions of disinformation (to be presented at the GA 78) | 07 Jul 2023 | Read more |
| Working Group on enforced disappearances | Call for inputs with a view to issuing a joint statement on the notion of short-term enforced disappearance | 31 Jul 2023 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly | Call for inputs: report on “Development of practical tools to assist law enforcement bodies in promoting and protecting human rights in the context of peaceful protests” (to be presented at the HRC 55) | 30 Sep 2023 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on environment | Call for inputs: report on “Promoting Environmental Democracy: Procedural elements of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment” (to be presented at the HRC 55) | 02 Oct 2023 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures | Calls for inputs for the Sanctions Research Platform | 31 Dec 2023 | Read more |
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Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
The UN Independent Expert on SOGIabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, undertakes 1 to 3 fact-finding country visitsmissions carried out by UN Special Procedure mandate holders to assess the situation of human rights in a specific country. During their missions, they will meet with national and local authorities, national human rights institutions, as well as with NGOs, civil society, and survivors of human rights violations. Findings, conclusions and recommendations of such missions are published in reports to the Human Rights Council. per year.
He visited the United States of America in 2022, Tunisia in 2021, 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), Cambodia (28 March 2020), and Fiji and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (both 24 May 2022).
In this section, you may find information about current status of the requests. Up-to-date information about country visitsmissions carried out by UN Special Procedure mandate holders to assess the situation of human rights in a specific country. During their missions, they will meet with national and local authorities, national human rights institutions, as well as with NGOs, civil society, and survivors of human rights violations. Findings, conclusions and recommendations of such missions are published in reports to the Human Rights Council. 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 ([email protected]).
| 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 | Visit conducted on 10–20 Jan 2023.
End of Mission Statement: English Press Release: English |
| Colombia* | Request to postpone (7 Apr 2020) |
| Fiji* | Visit request (24 May 2022) |
| 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 the second half of 2020 (8 Oct 2019) |
| Kenya* | Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020) |
| Malta* | Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018) |
| 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 |
| Nepal | Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
| Poland* | Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
| Sri Lanka* | Request to postpone to 2020 (2 Oct 2019). |
| 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 – French Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R |
| 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 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland* | Accepting dates: 24 Apr – 5 May 2023 (6 Feb 2023) End of Mission Statement: English |
| United States of America* | Visit conducted on 15 – 26 Aug 2022 End of Mission Statement: English Press Release: English |
* Countries with standing invitations. A standing invitation is an open invitation extended by a Government to all thematic special proceduresindependent human rights experts within the UN Human Rights Council with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. They are non-paid and elected for 3-year mandates that can be re-conducted for another three years. Special procedures can undertake country visits, and act on individual cases of reported violations by sending communications to States and others. They also engage in advocacy, raise public awareness, provide advice for technical cooperation, and contribute to the development of international human rights standards.
. By extending a standing invitation States announce that they will always accept requests to visit from all special proceduresindependent human rights experts within the UN Human Rights Council with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. They are non-paid and elected for 3-year mandates that can be re-conducted for another three years. Special procedures can undertake country visits, and act on individual cases of reported violations by sending communications to States and others. They also engage in advocacy, raise public awareness, provide advice for technical cooperation, and contribute to the development of international human rights standards.
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Upcoming country visits by other mandates
This information is regularly updated by the OHCHR here.
To find outbeing open about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics. how to support the visits, please contact the respective mandate-holders at their e-mail addresses, available here.
| Country | Mandate | Dates |
| POSTPONED!!! Singapore | Terrorism | 12 – 19 Jul 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mercenaries | 3 – 11 Oct 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Mozambique | Summary executions |
6 – 21 Nov 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Russian Federation | Minority issues | 1 – 18 Apr 2022 |
| Liechtenstein | Foreign debt | 1 May – 31 Aug 2023 |
| POSTPONED!!! Costa Rica | Minority issues |
4 – 16 May 2023 |
| Malta | Discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. against women and girls |
26 Jun – 7 Jul 2023 |
| NEW!!! Germany | Countering terrorism | 3 – 6 Jul 2023 |
| Costa Rica | Health |
18 – 28 Jul 2023 |
| Japan | Business enterprises |
24 Jul – 4 Aug 2023 |
| Brazil | Violence against women | 31 Jul – 10 Aug 2023 |
| South Africa | Hazardous substances and wastes | 31 Jul – 11 Aug 2023 |
| Colombia | Truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence | 14 – 25 Aug 2023 |
| South Africa | Racism |
21 – 30 Aug 2023 |
| NEW!!! Bahamas | Foreign debt | 21 – 31 Aug 2023 |
| Canada | Slavery |
23 Aug – 6 Sep 2023 |
| Ecuador | Extreme poverty |
28 Aug – 8 Sep 2023 |
| Australia | Hazardous substances and wastes | 28 Aug – 8 Sep 2023 |
| Georgia | Disabilities | 4 – 14 Sep 2023 |
| NEW!!! Mexico | Arbitrary Detention | 18 – 29 Sep 2023 |
| Montenegro | Independence of judges and lawyers | 19 – 26 Sep 2023 |
| Mauritania | Discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. against women and girls |
25 Sep – 6 Oct 2023 |
| NEW!!! Peru | Arbitrary executions | 25 Sep – 6 Oct 2023 |
| Chile | Torture |
16 – 28 Oct 2023 |
| NEW!!! Honduras | Freedom of expression |
17 – 27 Oct 2023 |
| Australia | Sale of children | 30 Oct – 10 Nov 2023 |
| NEW!!! Mongolia | Independence of judges and lawyers | 6 – 15 Nov 2023 |
| Republic of Moldova | Older persons |
7 – 16 Nov 2023 |
| Algeria | Human rights defenders |
15 Nov – 5 Dec 2023 |
| Finland | Education |
21 – 30 Nov 2023 |
| Bahamas | Arbitrary Detention | 27 Nov – 8 Dec 2023 |
| Tunisia | Business enterprises |
1 Jan 2024 – 31 Mar 2024 |
| NEW!!! Canada | Arbitrary Detention | 13 – 24 May 2024 |
| NEW!!! Colombia | Business enterprises |
29 Jul – 9 Aug 2024 |
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