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(July 2018) Info note on UN Special Procedures: Call for inputs and upcoming country visits
Submitted by Daniele Paletta on Mon, 07/23/2018 - 11:30
This is the 9th 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: extreme poverty; right to privacy; right to development
Upcoming country visits: Argentina; Bhutan; Canada; Cape Verde; Egypt; France; Guatemala; Italy; Malaysia; Morocco; Poland; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Uruguay.
Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
Download the July 2018 info note on Special Procedures
as a PDF file
Call for inputs
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Mandate |
Call |
Deadline |
Additional Info |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to food |
Call for written submissions – Country visit to Argentina (12-21 Sep 2018) |
20 Jul 2018 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty |
Call for written submissions – Country visit to the UK (6-16 Nov 2018) |
14 Sep 2018 |
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Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy |
Consultation on “Gender Perspectives on Privacy” |
30 Sep 2018 |
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Special Rapporteur on the right to development |
Initiating discussions on human rights compliant development policies (for the Americas – in October 2018, in Panama, Panama and for Asia – in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2018) |
NA |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders |
In view of the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on human rights defenders, the Special Rapporteur prepared a Concept Note that captures the ideas, key messages and activities he would like to propose for this anniversary. If you have any comment, please send it to [email protected] |
NA |
Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
The UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, undertakes 1-3 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]).
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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 |
Accepting dates from 25 Sep to 5 Oct 2018 (18 Jul 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 |
Acceptance of visit request for December 2018 (12 Apr 2018) |
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Poland |
Request to postpone (15 May 2018) |
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Sri Lanka |
Acceptance of visit request for the second half 2019 (17 Apr 2018) |
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Thailand |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Ukraine |
The Ukrainian delegation confirmed their acceptance of the visit during an interactive dialogue with the IE on 18 Jun 2018. Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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.
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Country |
Mandate |
Dates |
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Guatemala |
Independence of judges |
20-28 Aug 2018 |
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Argentina |
Food |
12-21 Sep 2018 |
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Malaysia |
Sale of children |
24 Sep-1 Oct 2018 |
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Egypt |
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24 Sep-3 Oct 2018 |
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Poland |
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24 Sep-5 Oct 2018 |
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Italy |
Slavery |
3-12 Oct 2018 |
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Argentina |
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5-15 Oct 2018 |
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Morocco |
Independence of judges |
24 Oct-1 Nov 2018 |
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Canada |
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29 Oct-9 Nov 2018 |
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United Kingdom |
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06-16 Nov 2018 |
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Cape Verde |
Right to development |
Nov 2018 |
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Uruguay |
Privacy |
Nov 2018 |
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Malaysia |
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21 Nov-4 Dec 2018 |
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NEW! Bhutan |
Arbitrary detention |
14-25 Jan 2019 |
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France |
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28 Jan-6 Feb 2019 |
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Malaysia |
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12-22 Aug 2019 |
Housing