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INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES – OCTOBER 2019

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.

 


Download the October 2019 info note on Special Procedures
as a PDF file


 

Call for inputs

Mandate Call Deadline Additional Info
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) Read more
NEW!  Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Consultation on Gender and Privacy (New York, 30-31 Oct 2019) NA Programme
Invitation
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 Submission form
Info Note
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 Call
Concept Note
E | S | F | A
Questionnaire
E | S | F | A
NEW! Special Rapporteur on poverty Call for submission: Country visit to Spain (27 Jan – 7 Feb 2020). 1 Nov 2019 Read more
NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to food Call for submission: Country visit to Zimbabwe (18-28 Nov 2019). 1 Nov 2019 Read more
NEW! Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Call for submission: Country visit to Ethiopia (2-9 Dec 2019). 15 Nov 2019 Read more
NEW! Special Rapporteur on racism Call for submissions: Thematic report on new information technologies, racial equality, and non-discrimination 13 Dec 2019 Read more

 

 = 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]).

 

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 April 2018)
Burkina Faso Visit request (26 Mar 2018)
Cambodia Visit request (26 Mar 2018)
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* Visit request (26 Mar 2018)
Kenya* Visit request (26 Mar 2018)
Malta* Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018)
Nepal Visit request (26 Mar 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
Poland* Request to postpone (15 May 2018)
NEW! Sri Lanka* Request to postpone to 2020 (2 October 2019).
Background note
Thailand* Visit request (26 Mar 2018)
Ukraine* Visit conducted on 30 Apr to 10 May 2019.
End of Mission Statement: English
Press Release: English – Russian

 

* 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.

Country Mandate Dates
Ecuador African Descent 14-18 Oct 2019
Bulgaria  Violence against women  14-21 Oct 2019
Republic of the Congo Indigenous Peoples 14-24 Oct 2019
Gambia  Sale and sexual exploitation of children  21-29 Oct 2019
Brazil Albinism 28 Oct-8 Nov 2019
Qatar Arbitrary detention 3-14 Nov 2019
NEW! Iraq Internally displaced persons 16-22 Nov 2019
NEW! Zimbabwe Food 18-28 Nov 2019
NEW! China  Older persons  23 Nov-3 Dec 2019
Qatar  Racism  24 Nov – 1 Dec 2019
NEW! Fiji  Health 28 Nov-3 Dec 2019
Ecuador  Violence against women 29 Nov – 9 Dec 2019
Benin  Water and sanitation 29 Nov – 12 Dec 2019
NEW! Ethiopia  Freedom of opinion and expression 2-9 Dec 2019
Brazil Toxic waste 2-13 Dec 2019
Greece Arbitrary detention 2-13 Dec 2019
NEW! Mali Enforced disappearances 4-11 Dec 2019
NEW! Qatar  Education 8-16 Dec 2019
Qatar Slavery 13-20 Jan 2020
Peru  Human rights defenders  21 Jan – 3 Feb 2020
Italy Food 22-31 Jan 2020
Spain  Extreme poverty  27 Jan – 7 Feb 2020
NEW! Paraguay  Sale of children 10-18 Feb 2020
Malaysia  Freedom of religion  26 Mar – 8 Apr 2020

 

 = Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues.