This is the 24th monthly info note by ILGA World on UN Special Procedures and sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).
This issue includes:
Call for inputs: Water and sanitation; Privacy; Environment; Human rights defenders; Poverty; Food; Freedom of opinion and expression; Racism.
Upcoming country visits: Argentina, Armenia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Malta, Mozambique, Nepal, Poland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Ukraine.
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Call for inputs
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Mandate |
Call |
Deadline |
Additional Info |
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Special Rapporteur on water and sanitation |
Private Sector Participation: Online bilateral consultations on 18 and 25 Sep, and 2 and 19 Oct (sign-up), a questionnaire (will be available in early Oct), and other opportunities. |
31 Dec 2019 (for the questionnaire) |
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NEW! |
Consultation on Gender and Privacy (New York, 30-31 Oct 2019) |
NA |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment |
Researchathon on good practices in implementing the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. |
31 Oct 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders |
Call for inputs for the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders the situation of human rights defenders operating in conflict and post-conflict situations. |
31 Oct 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on poverty |
Call for submission: Country visit to Spain (27 Jan – 7 Feb 2020). |
1 Nov 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to food |
Call for submission: Country visit to Zimbabwe (18-28 Nov 2019). |
1 Nov 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression |
Call for submission: Country visit to Ethiopia (2-9 Dec 2019). |
15 Nov 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on racism |
Call for submissions: Thematic report on new information technologies, racial equality, and non-discrimination |
13 Dec 2019 |
= 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.
In 2020, he is going to visit Sri Lanka. Previously, he visited Ukraine (2019), Georgia (2018) and Mozambique (2018). In 2017, his predecessor Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn visited Argentina.
In March 2018, Victor Madrigal-Borloz made 12 country visit requests, and in this section you may find information about current status of the requests. Additionally, on 4 July 2018 Malta invited the Independent Expert to visit their country.
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 World on this, please contact us ([email protected]).
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Country |
Current Status |
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Argentina* |
Visit conducted on 1-10 Mar 2017. |
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Armenia* |
Request to postpone (17 April 2018) |
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Burkina Faso |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Cambodia |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Georgia* |
Visit conducted on 25 Sep to 5 Oct 2018. |
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Ghana* |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Kenya* |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Malta* |
Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018) |
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Nepal |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Mozambique* |
Visit conducted on 3-10 Dec 2018. |
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Poland* |
Request to postpone (15 May 2018) |
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NEW! Sri Lanka* |
Request to postpone to 2020 (2 October 2019). |
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Thailand* |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Ukraine* |
Visit conducted on 30 Apr to 10 May 2019. |
* Countries with standing invitations. A standing invitation is an open invitation extended by a Government to all thematic special procedures. By extending a standing invitation States announce that they will always accept requests to visit from all Special Procedures.
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-holder at their email, available here.
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Country |
Mandate |
Dates |
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Ecuador |
African Descent |
14-18 Oct 2019 |
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Bulgaria |
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14-21 Oct 2019 |
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Republic of the Congo |
Indigenous Peoples |
14-24 Oct 2019 |
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Gambia |
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21-29 Oct 2019 |
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Brazil |
Albinism |
28 Oct-8 Nov 2019 |
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Qatar |
Arbitrary detention |
3-14 Nov 2019 |
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NEW! Iraq |
Internally displaced persons |
16-22 Nov 2019 |
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NEW! Zimbabwe |
Food |
18-28 Nov 2019 |
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NEW! China |
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23 Nov-3 Dec 2019 |
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Qatar |
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24 Nov - 1 Dec 2019 |
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NEW! Fiji |
Health |
28 Nov-3 Dec 2019 |
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Ecuador |
Violence against women |
29 Nov - 9 Dec 2019 |
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Benin |
Water and sanitation |
29 Nov - 12 Dec 2019 |
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NEW! Ethiopia |
Freedom of opinion and expression |
2-9 Dec 2019 |
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Brazil |
Toxic waste |
2-13 Dec 2019 |
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Greece |
Arbitrary detention |
2-13 Dec 2019 |
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NEW! Mali |
Enforced disappearances |
4-11 Dec 2019 |
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NEW! Qatar |
Education |
8-16 Dec 2019 |
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Qatar |
Slavery |
13-20 Jan 2020 |
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Peru |
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21 Jan - 3 Feb 2020 |
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Italy |
Food |
22-31 Jan 2020 |
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Spain |
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27 Jan - 7 Feb 2020 |
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NEW! Paraguay |
Sale of children |
10-18 Feb 2020 |
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Malaysia |
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26 Mar - 8 Apr 2020 |
= Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues.