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INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES – JAN 2019

This is the 15th 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: African descent; Disappearances; Executions; Freedom of opinion and expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Hazardous substances; Independence of judges and lawyers; Mercenaries; Poverty; Racism; Truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence

Upcoming country visits: Argentina; Belgium; Bhutan; Bulgaria; Canada; France; Georgia; Greece; Laos; Lesotho; Malaysia; Norway; Spain; Ukraine

 


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


 

Call for inputs

Mandate Call Deadline Additional Info
NEW!Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Call for inputs: Exercise of Freedom of Expression, Association and Peaceful Assembly by judges and prosecutors (thematic report to be presented at the 41st HRC session in June 2019) 15 Jan 2019 Read more

Questionnaire:
EN | FR | ES

Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Call for Inputs: The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the digital age (thematic report to be presented at the 41st HRC session in June 2019) 15 Jan 2019 Read more
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence Call for Inputs: Experiences of domestic reparation programmes (thematic report to be presented at the 42nd HRC session in Sep 2019) 15 Jan 2019 Read more

Questionnaire:
EN | FR | ES

Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Call for Inputs: Country visit to Belgium (4-11 Feb 2019) 18 Jan 2019 Read more
NEW! Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Call for submissions: Country visit to Laos (18-28 Mar 2019) 25 Jan 2019 Read more
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Call for Inputs: Combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other racially discriminatory ideologies (annual report to be presented at the 41st HRC session in June 2019) 31 Jan 2019 Read more
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Call for inputs: Thematic report on natural resource extraction and racial discrimination (thematic report to be presented at the 41st HRC session in June 2019) 31 Jan 2019 Read more

EN | FR | ES

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Call for Inputs: Use of lethal force by law enforcement officials on persons with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities (thematic report to be presented at the 41st HRC session in June 2019) 1 Feb 2019 Read more
Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances Call for Inputs: Standards and public policies for an effective investigation of enforced disappearances (thematic report to be presented at the 42nd HRC session in Sep 2019) 1 Feb 2019 Read more

 

NEW!Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes Call for inputs: Consequences of exposure of indigenous people to toxic and hazardous substances (thematic report to be presented at the 74th GA session in Sep 2019) 15 Feb 2019 Read more

EN | FR | ES

Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Call for Inputs: The surveillance industry and human rights (thematic report to be presented at the 74th GA session in Sep 2019) 15 Feb 2019 Read more

 

NEW!Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Call for inputs: Data and analysis on the human rights situation of people of African descent (baseline report) 28 Feb 2019 Read more

Data Template

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Call for submissions: Country visit to Mozambique (dates TBC) 28 Feb 2019 Read more
NEW!Working Group on mercenaries Call for submissions: Private military and security companies in the extractive industry (thematic report to be presented at the 42nd HRC session in Sep 2019) 15 Mar 2019 Read more

EN | FR | ES

NEW!Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Call for inputs: Framework for realizing economic and social rights (research project expanding on report to the 32nd HRC session in 2016) 29 Mar 2019 Read More
NEW!Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances Call for inputs: Standards and public policies on effective investigation on enforced disappearances (WGEID study) NA Questionnaire

EN | FR | ES

 

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 as part of his mandate.

His predecessor, Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn, visited Argentina in March 2017. Check his report on this visit here: EN / FR / ES / AR / RU / ZH

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 you wish to engage with ILGA with regard to the Independent Expert’s fact-finding visit to your country, please contact us ([email protected]).

 

 

Country Current Status
Argentina* Visit conducted on 1-10 Mar 2017
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* Proposal of dates – 27 May 2019 to 7 June 2019 (31 October 2018)
Thailand* Visit request (26 Mar 2018)
Ukraine* Visit to be conducted from 30 Apr to 10 May 2019 (22 Aug 2018)

 

* 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, found in the OHCHR directory.

 

Country Mandate Dates
Bhutan Arbitrary detention 14-25 Jan 2019
Spain Minorities 14-25 Jan 2019
Belgium  African Descent  4-11 Feb 2019
Lesotho  Water and sanitation  4-15 Feb 2019
Laos  Extreme poverty  18-29 March 2019
Bulgaria Sale and sexual exploitation of children 1-8 Apr 2019
Canada Disability 1-13 Apr 2019
NEW!Greece  Discrimination against women  1-12 Apr 2019
France  Housing  2-11 Apr 2019
Georgia Business 3-12 Apr 2019
Argentina Privacy 6-17 May 2019
Malaysia  Extreme poverty  12-22 Aug 2019
Norway Disability 2-11 Oct 2019