INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES (JULY 2022): CALLS FOR INPUT AND UPCOMING COUNTRY VISITS
This is the 57th monthly info note by ILGA World on UN Special Procedures: call for inputs and upcoming country visits
This issue includes:
Call for inputs: Foreign debt; Environment; Older persons; Toxics and human rights; Trafficking; Unilateral coercive measures
Upcoming country visits: Algeria; Argentina; Bangladesh; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Germany; Italy; Japan; Liechtenstein; Maldives; Mexico; Nigeria; Paraguay; Pakistan; Peru; Portugal; Serbia; Slovenia
Call for inputs
| Mandate | Call | Deadline | Additional Info |
| Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment | Call for inputs on upcoming country visit to Portugal | 1 Aug 2022 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons | Call for inputs on upcoming country visit to Nigeria | 8 Aug 2022 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment | Call for inputs on upcoming country visit to Slovenia | 10 Aug 2022 | Read more |
| Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt | Call for inputs: “New study on a proposed non binding set of practical guidelines for efficient asset recovery (HRC resolution 46/11, paragraph 24)” | 15 Aug 2022 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes | Call for inputs on upcoming country visit to Paraguay | 15 Sep 2022 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on trafficking |  Call for inputs on upcoming country visit to Bangladesh |
23 Sep 2022 | Read more |
| NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures | Call for inputs: “Toward a universal system of monitoring to assess the human rights impact of unilateral sanctions” | 30 Sep 2022 | 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.
He visited Tunisia in 2021, Ukraine in 2019, and Georgia and Mozambique in 2018. In 2017, his predecessor Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn visited Argentina.
In March 2018, Victor Madrigal-Borloz made 12 country visit requests. On 4 July 2018 Malta invited the Independent Expert to visit their country. The Independent Expert also requested a visit to Japan (8 October 2019), Tunisia (19 November 2019), India and Colombia (both 7 January 2020), Cambodia (28 March 2020), and the United States of America (26 July 2021).
In this section, you may find information about current status of the requests. 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 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. End of Mission Statement: English – Spanish |
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Armenia* |
Request to postpone (17 Apr 2018) |
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Burkina Faso |
Reminder visit request – for 2021 (17 Jan 2020) |
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Cambodia |
Proposed dates September 2021 (14 Dec 2020) |
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Colombia* |
Request to postpone (7 Apr 2020) |
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Georgia* |
Visit conducted on 25 Sep to 5 Oct 2018. End of Mission Statement: English – Georgian |
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Ghana* |
Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020) |
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India* |
Visit request (7 Jan 2020) |
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Japan* |
Visit request for second half of 2020 (8 Oct 2019) |
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Kenya* |
Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Malta* |
Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018) |
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Nepal |
Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Mozambique* |
Visit conducted on 3-10 Dec 2018. End of Mission Statement: English – Portuguese Press Release: English – Portuguese |
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Poland* |
Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Sri Lanka* |
Request to postpone to 2020 (2 Oct 2019). |
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Thailand* |
Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Tunisia* |
Visit conducted on 8 -18 Jun 2021 |
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Ukraine* |
Visit conducted on 30 Apr to 10 May 2019. End of Mission Statement: English – Ukrainian |
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United States of America* |
Acceptance of visit request – 15- 26 Aug 2022 (25 Jan 2022)
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* 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 |
| POSTPONED!!! Cyprus | Disappearances | 21-30 Jun 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Singapore | Terrorism | 12-19 Jul 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mercenaries | 3-11 Oct 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Mozambique | Summary executions |
6- 21 Nov 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Serbia | Freedom of expression |
15-24 Nov 2021 |
| POSTPONED!!! Russian Federation | Minority issues | 1 -18 Apr 2022 |
| Argentina | Foreign debt | 1-10 Aug 2022 |
| Maldives | Discrimination against women |
1-12 Aug 2022 |
| Mexico | Internally displaced persons | 29 Aug – 9 Sep 2022 |
| Nigeria | Older persons |
29 Aug – 9 Sep 2022 |
| Algeria | Freedom of assembly |
12-22 Sep 2022 |
| NEW!!! Germany | Cultural Rights | 12-22 Sep 2022 |
| Portugal | Environment | 19-27 Sep 2022 |
| Slovenia | Environment | 29 Sep-6 Oct 2022 |
| Japan | Internally displaced persons | 26 Sep-7 Oct 2022 |
| NEW!!! Italy | Internally displaced persons | 26 Sep-7 Oct 2022 |
| NEW!!! Paraguay | Toxics and human rights | 3-14 Oct 2022 |
| NEW!!! Bangladesh | Trafficking |
31 Oct-9 Nov 2022 |
| NEW!!! Serbia | Truth | 3-11 Nov 2022 |
| Ethiopia | Extreme poverty |
7-18 Nov 2022 |
| Argentina | Summary executions |
14-25 Nov 2022 |
| Paraguay | Minority issues | 14-25 Nov 2022 |
| Peru | Water and Sanitation | 28 Nov-9 Dec 2022 |
| Pakistan | Extreme poverty |
5-16 Dec 2022 |
| Liechtenstein | Foreign debt | 12-19 June 2023 |
| Ecuador | Extreme poverty |
28 Aug – 3 Dec 2023 |
: Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues