This is the sixth 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: persons with disabilities and the right to health; the rights of workers and toxic chemical exposure; the impact of economic reform policies on women's human rights; big data and open data

Upcoming country visits: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chad, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine & UK

Call for inputs

• ^NEW! Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities – Questionnaire on "the right of persons with disabilities to the highest attainable standard of health" (HRC resolution 35/6) – Deadline 30 March 2018. Read more
• ^NEW! Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Hazardous Substances and Wastes – Call for submissions: The rights of workers and toxic chemical exposure – Deadline 31 March 2018. Read more
• ^NEW! Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights – Call for contributions to the Report on "the impact of economic reform policies on women's human rights" – Deadline 5 April 2018. Read more
• ^NEW! Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights – Call for contributions and information in relation to the upcoming country visit to Ukraine (14-23 May 2018) – Deadline 20 April 2018. Read more
• ^NEW! UN Special Rapporteur on the situation for human rights defenders – Call for inputs for the upcoming country visit to Honduras (2-12 May 2018) – Deadline 23 April 2018. Read more
• ^NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy – Call for consultation on big data and open data – Deadline 28 April 2018. Read more
• ^NEW! Special Rapporteur on torture – Call for contributions and information in relation to the upcoming country visit to Argentina (9-20 April 2018) Read more

• ^NEW! Special Rapporteur violence against women – Call for contributions and information in relation to the upcoming country visit to Canada (11-23 April 2018). Read more

Upcoming country visits

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.