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INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES (MAY 2023): CALLS FOR INPUT AND UPCOMING COUNTRY VISITS

This is the 66th monthly info note by ILGA World on UN Special Procedures: call for inputs and upcoming country visits.

This issue includes:

Call for inputsAfrican descent; Business enterprises; Discrimination against women and girls; Environment; Extreme poverty; Foreign debt; Hazardous substances and wastes; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; International order; Mercenaries; Older persons; Racism; Sale of children; Slavery; Summary executions; SOGI; Trafficking; Unilateral coercive measures; Violence against women.

Upcoming country visitsAustralia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Brazil; Botswana; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Finland; Georgia; Honduras; Japan; Liechtenstein; Malta; Mauritius; Mauritania; Peru; Republic of Moldova; South Africa; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Uruguay.


Joint Submission to the Independent Expert on SOGI   

The Independent Expert on SOGI is planning to produce a report on colonialism and sexual orientation and gender identity, and he is currently collecting inputs. The mandate will be seeking information on the historic and ongoing impacts of colonialism on the enjoyment of human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) persons.

ILGA World will be collecting information on this topic to prepare a joint submission to the Independent Expert. If you have any data relating to LGBTI communities and colonialism and would like to be included in this joint effort, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We will be receiving inputs until the 22 May 2023.

 

Calls for input

Mandate Call Deadline Additional Info
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers  Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Tunisia 01 May 2023 Read more
Independent Expert on older persons Call for inputs: report on older persons in the context of climate change-induced disasters and building back better (to be presented at the GA 78) 01 May 2023 Read more
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Call for inputs: report on legal empowerment to expand and transform access to justice (to be presented at the GA 78) 05 May 2023 Read more
Special Rapporteur on sale of children Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Uruguay 05 May 2023 Read more
Independent Expert on foreign debt Call for inputs: report on “Multiple crises, fiscal systems and human rights” (to be presented at the GA 78) 08 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on summary executions Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Honduras 12 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Working Group on the use of mercenaries Call for input: report on “Recruitment including predatory recruitment of mercenaries and mercenary related actors” (to be presented at the HRC 54) 15 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Working Group on the use of mercenaries Call for input: report on “The relevance of Security Sector Reforms in addressing mercenaries and private security companies” (to be presented at the GA 78) 15 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Independent Expert on international order Call for input: report on “Youth participation and engagement in intergovernmental forums: Challenges and opportunities” (to be presented at the HRC 54) 15 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on trafficking Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Colombia 15 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Working Group on business enterprises Call for inputs: report on extractive sector, just transition and human rights (to be presented at the GA 78) 15 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on violence against women  Call for inputs: report on “Nexus between Violence against Women and Girls, Nationality Laws, and Statelessness” (to be presented at the GA 78) 15 May 2023 Read more
Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes Call for submissions in advance of the visit by the Special Rapporteur to Australia 15 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on summary executions Call for input: report on “The investigation and documentation of gender-based killings of women and girls” 19 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders  Call for input: report on the challenges faced by woman human rights defenders working in conflict, post-conflict or crisis-affected settings (to be presented at the GA 78) 22 May 2023 Read more

Questionnaire: EN | SP | FR

NEW!!! African Descent Call for inputs: report on “the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent reviewing the 20 years of work since its establishment and how to address more efficiently the human rights concerns of people of African descent” (to be presented at the HRC 54) 22 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Independent Expert on SOGI  Call for inputs: report on colonialism and sexual orientation and gender identity settings (to be presented at the GA 78) 26 May 2023 Read more
Special Rapporteur on racism Call for inputs: report on “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance” (to be presented at the GA 78) 26 May 2023 Read more
Special Rapporteur on slavery Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Canada 31 May 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Working Group on discrimination against women and girls  Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Malta 01 Jun 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on environment Call for inputs: report on “Should the interests of foreign investors trump the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment?” (to be presented at the GA 78) 15 Jun 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on violence against women  Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Brazil 16 Jun 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty Call for inputs for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Ecuador 01 Jul 2023 Read more
NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on environment Call for inputs: report on “Promoting Environmental Democracy: Procedural elements of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment” (to be presented at the HRC 55) 02 Oct 2023 Read more

Questionnaire: EN | SP | FR

Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures Calls for inputs for the Sanctions Research Platform 31 Dec 2023 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 the United States of America in 2022, 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 Fiji and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (both 24 May 2022).

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]).

Country Current Status
Argentina* Visit conducted on 1–10 Mar 2017.

End of Mission Statement: English – Spanish

Press Release: English – Spanish

Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R

Armenia* Request to postpone (17 Apr 2018)
Burkina Faso Reminder visit request – for 2021 (17 Jan 2020)
Cambodia Visit conducted on 10–20 Jan 2023.

End of Mission Statement: English

Colombia* Request to postpone (7 Apr 2020)
Fiji*  Visit request (24 May 2022)
Georgia* Visit conducted on 25 Sep to 5 Oct 2018.

End of Mission Statement: English – Georgian

Press Release: English – Georgian

Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R

Ghana* Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020)
India* Visit request (7 Jan 2020)
Japan* Visit request for second half of 2020 (8 Oct 2019)
Kenya* Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020)
Malta* Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018)
     Mozambique* Visit conducted on 3-10 Dec 2018.

End of Mission Statement: English – Portuguese

Press Release: English – Portuguese

Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R

Nepal Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020)
Poland* Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020)
Sri Lanka* Request to postpone to 2020 (2 Oct 2019).

Background note

Thailand* Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020)
Tunisia* Visit conducted on 8 -18 Jun 2021

End of Mission Statement: English – Arabic – French

Press Release: English – Arabic – French

Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R

Ukraine* Visit conducted on 30 Apr to 10 May 2019.

End of Mission Statement: English – Ukrainian

Press Release: English – Russian – Ukrainian

Country visit report: E / F / S / A / C / R

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland* Accepting dates: 24 Apr – 5 May 2023 (6 Feb 2023)
United States of      America* Visit conducted on 15 – 26 Aug 2022

End of Mission Statement: English

Press Release: English

 

* 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 to support the visits, please contact the respective mandate-holders at their e-mail addresses, available here.

Country Mandate Dates
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!!! Russian Federation Minority issues 1 – 18 Apr 2022
Botswana  Disabilities 24 Apr – 4 May 2023
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Sexual orientation and gender identity 24 Apr – 5 May 2023
Syrian Arab Republic   Water and sanitation 24 Apr – 3 May 2023
Georgia International order 26 Apr – 5 May 2023
Liechtenstein Foreign debt 1 May  – 31 Aug 2023
Chile Environment 3 – 12 May 2023
POSTPONED!!! Costa Rica Minority issues 4 – 16 May 2023
Peru Freedom of peaceful assembly 8 – 17 May 2023
NEW!!! Uruguay Sale of children 15 – 29 May 2023
Tunisia           Independence of judges and lawyers 16 – 26 May 2023
Bangladesh Extreme poverty 17 – 29 May 2023
Colombia Trafficking 22 – 31 May 2023
NEW!!! Honduras Summary executions 22 May – 2 Jun 2023
NEW!!! Mauritius Freedom of religion 30 May – 8 Jun 2023
Malta  Discrimination against women and girls 26 Jun – 7 Jul 2023
Costa Rica Health 18 – 28 Jul 2023
NEW!!! Japan Business enterprises 24 Jul – 4 Aug 2023
NEW!!! Brazil Violence against women 31 Jul – 10 Aug 2023
South Africa Racism 21 – 30 Aug 2023
Canada Slavery 23 Aug – 6 Sep 2023
  Ecuador Extreme poverty 28 Aug – 8 Sep 2023
Australia Hazardous substances and wastes 28 Aug – 8 Sep 2023
Mauritania Discrimination against women and girls 25 Sep – 6 Oct 2023
NEW!!! Republic of Moldova Older persons 7 – 16 Nov 2023
Finland Education 21 – 30 Nov 2023
NEW!!! Bahamas Arbitrary Detention 27 Nov – 8 Dec 2023

 

: Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues