INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES – APRIL 2019
This is the 18th monthly info note by ILGA on UN Special Procedures and sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).
This issue includes:
Call for inputs: Albinism; Development; Environment; Housing; Human rights defenders; Indigenous peoples; Poverty; Privacy; Religion; Sexual orientation and gender identity; Sale and sexual exploitation of children; Torture; Violence against women
Upcoming country visits: Argentina; Bangladesh; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; El Salvador; Greece; Honduras; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; Mozambique; Nigeria; Norway; Qatar; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Switzerland; Togo; Ukraine
Download the April 2019 info note on Special Procedures
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Call for inputs
| Mandate | Call | Deadline | Additional Info |
Independent Expert on SOGI |
Call for inputs: Country visit to Sri Lanka (27 May – 7 Jun 2019) |
19 Apr 2019 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on the right to development | Call for submissions: The right to development and disaster risk reduction (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) | 21 Apr 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Independent Expert on the human rights of persons with albinism | Call for inputs: Albinism worldwide and women and children with albinism (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) | 1 May 2019 | Questionnaire: EN | FR | ES |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy | Call for contributions: Country visit to Argentina (6-17 May 2019) | 3 May 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders | Call for inputs: Impunity for human rights violations and abuses committed against human rights defenders (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) | 6 May 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples | Call for inputs: Indigenous justice systems and harmonisation with the ordinary justice system (thematic report to the 42nd HRC in Sep 2019) |
10 May 2019 | Read more: EN | FR | ES |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | Call for inputs: Domestic violence and the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) |
15 May 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on violence against women | Call for submissions: Mistreatment and violence against women during reproductive health care with a focus on childbirth (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) | 17 May 2019 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights | Call for submissions: Digital technology, social protection and human rights (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) |
17 May 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children | Call for inputs: Safeguards for the protection of the rights of children born from surrogacy arrangements (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) |
31 May 2019 | Read more: EN | FR | ES |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing | Call for contributions: The right to housing for Indigenous Peoples (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) | 31 May 2019 | Read more: EN | FR | ES |
| Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion | Call for submissions: Antisemitism (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) | 7 Jun 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment | Call for inputs: Climate change and human rights – a safe climate (thematic report to the 74th GA Session in Sep 2019) | 8 Jun 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment | Call for inputs: The right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (thematic report to the 43rd HRC in Mar 2020) | 8 Jun 2019 | Read more |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment | Call for input: Country visit to Norway (12-23 Sep 2019) | 31 July 2019 | Read more |
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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 2019, he will visit Ukraine and Sri Lanka.
In 2018, he visited Georgia and Mozambique.
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.
If you wish to engage with ILGA with regard to the Independent Expert’s visit to your country, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Poland* | Request to postpone (15 May 2018) |
| Sri Lanka* | Visit to be conducted from 27 May to 7 June 2019. Call for inputs – Deadline: 19 Apr 2019 Background note |
| Thailand* | Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
| Ukraine* | Visit to be conducted from 30 Apr to 10 May 2019. Background note |
* 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-holders at their e-mail addresses, available here.
| Country | Mandate | Dates |
| NEW! Mozambique | Older persons | 24 Apr – 2 May 2019 |
| El Salvador | Truth, justice and reparation | 24 Apr – 3 May 2019 |
| NEW! Maldives | Cultural rights |
24 Apr – 6 May 2019 |
| Mongolia | Human rights defenders |
30 Apr – 13 May 2019 |
| Bolivia | Foreign debt | 6-15 May 2019 |
| Argentina | Privacy | 6-17 May 2019 |
| NEW! Brazil | Leprosy | 7-14 May 2019 |
| Kazakhstan | Terrorism | 11-17 May 2019 |
| NEW! Switzerland | Mercenaries | 13-17 May 2019 |
| NEW! Bangladesh | Older persons | 20-30 May 2019 |
| Canada | Hazardous substances | 24 May – 5 Jun 2019 |
| Togo | Slavery | 27-31 May 2019 |
| NEW! Hungary | Migrants | 10-17 Jul 2019 |
| Sri Lanka | Freedom of assembly and association |
15-26 Jul 2019 |
| Malaysia | Extreme poverty |
12-22 Aug 2019 |
| Sri Lanka | Freedom of religion |
15-24 Aug 2019 |
| NEW! Honduras | Independence of judges and lawyers | 16-22 Aug 2019 |
| Mongolia | Foreign debt | 2-11 Sep 2019 |
| Norway | Environment | 12-23 Sep 2019 |
| South Africa | Albinism | 16-26 Sep 2019 |
| Nigeria | Housing |
17-26 Sep 2019 |
| Norway | Disability | 2-11 Oct 2019 |
| Qatar | Arbitrary detention | 3-14 Nov 2019 |
| Qatar | Racism |
24 Nov – 1 Dec 2019 |
| Greece | Arbitrary detention | 2-13 Dec 2019 |
: Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues