This is the 19th 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: Cultural rights; Environment; Extreme poverty; Food; Foreign debt; Freedom of peaceful assembly and association; Health; Housing; International order; Migrants; Racism; Religion; Sale and sexual exploitation of children; Sexual orientation and gender identity
Upcoming country visits: Bangladesh; Canada; Gambia; Greece; Honduras; Hungary; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; Nigeria; Norway; Qatar; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Switzerland; Togo
Download the February 2019 info note on Special Procedures
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Call for input by the Independent Expert on SOGI
The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, has issued a call for inputs to his upcoming thematic report: “Marginalisation and exclusion from socio-cultural environments”, to be presented at the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly on 17-30 September 2019.
The report will discuss how inclusion protects people from violence and discrimination, and the State’s role in promoting and nurturing social, cultural, political and economic inclusion, Finally, it will develop recommendations to States and relevant stakeholders.
To guide the report, the Independent Expert has requested input on the following 7 topics (abbreviated):
- Key areas in which people suffer socio-cultural and economic exclusion, as a result of violence and discrimination on the basis of SOGI.
- Root causes and structural factors behind marginalisation and exclusion, e.g. laws, policies, institutional practices, organizational behaviours, and prevailing ideologies, values and beliefs.
- State efforts to address exclusion through legislation, policies, data gathering and other means, e.g. poverty, education, homelessness and health.
- Complaints mechanisms available and accessible to LGBT people facing discrimination.
- Actions to ensure socio-cultural and economic inclusion based on SOGI in national and regional implementation of the SDGs.
- Actions to raise public awareness and sensitisation on SOGI issues, in order to promote the meaningful socio-cultural and economic inclusion of LGBT people.
- Services provided by civil society to excluded and marginalised LGBT people.
Read the full call and questions here: English | Français | Español
The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2019.
Responses may be submitted in English, French or Spanish.
Other calls for input
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Mandate |
Call |
Deadline |
Additional Info |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on cultural rights |
Call for submissions: Cultural rights and public spaces (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
20 May 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to health |
Call for submissions: The role of medical education in strengthening the health workforce (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
20 May 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to food |
Call for submissions: SDG 2 and the right to food (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
20 May 2019 |
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Independent Expert on a democratic international order |
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23 May 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants |
Call for submissions: Good practices of gender-responsive migration legislation, policies, and practices (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
24 May 2019 |
Read more: |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on racism |
Call for submissions: Reparations, racial justice, and equality (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
31 May 2019 |
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Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children |
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31 May 2019 |
Read more: |
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Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing |
Call for inputs: The right to housing for Indigenous Peoples (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
31 May 2019 |
Read more: |
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Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion |
Call for inputs: Antisemitism (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
7 Jun 2019 |
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Special Rapporteur on the environment |
Call for inputs: Climate change and human rights – a safe climate (thematic report to the 74th GA in Sep 2019) |
8 Jun 2019 |
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Special Rapporteur on the environment |
Call for input: The right to a safe, clean, and sustainable environment (thematic report to the 43rd HRC in Mar 2020) |
8 Jun 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty |
Call for submissions: Country visit to Malaysia (12-22 Aug 2019) |
14 Jun 2019 |
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NEW! Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association |
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25 Jun 2019 |
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NEW! Independent Expert on foreign debt |
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31 Jul 2019 |
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Special Rapporteur on the environment |
Call for input: Country visit to Norway (12-23 Sep 2019) |
31 Jul 2019 |
= Requests information on LGBTI persons.
Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, undertakes 1 to 3 fact-finding country visits per year.
In 2019, he is visiting Ukraine and Sri Lanka.
In 2018, he visited Georgia and Mozambique.
In 2017, his predecessor Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn visited Argentina.
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.
If you wish to engage with ILGA with regard to the Independent Expert’s 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* |
Visit conducted on 25 Sep to 5 Oct 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* |
Visit conducted on 3-10 Dec 2018. |
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Poland* |
Request to postpone (15 May 2018) |
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Sri Lanka* |
Visit to be conducted from 27 May to 7 June 2019. |
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Thailand* |
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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Ukraine* |
Visit conducted on 30 Apr to 10 May 2019. |
* 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.
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Country |
Mandate |
Dates |
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Bangladesh |
Older persons |
20-30 May 2019 |
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Canada |
Hazardous substances |
24 May - 5 Jun 2019 |
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Togo |
Slavery |
27-31 May 2019 |
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NEW! Maldives |
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9-18 Jun 2019 |
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Hungary |
Migrants |
10-17 Jul 2019 |
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Sri Lanka |
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15-26 Jul 2019 |
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Malaysia |
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12-22 Aug 2019 |
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Sri Lanka |
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15-24 Aug 2019 |
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Honduras |
Independence of judges and lawyers |
16-22 Aug 2019 |
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Mongolia |
Foreign debt |
2-11 Sep 2019 |
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Norway |
Environment |
12-23 Sep 2019 |
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South Africa |
Albinism |
16-26 Sep 2019 |
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Nigeria |
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17-26 Sep 2019 |
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NEW! Switzerland |
Development |
23 Sep - 2 Oct 2019 |
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Norway |
Disability |
2-11 Oct 2019 |
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NEW! Gambia |
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21-29 Oct 2019 |
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Qatar |
Arbitrary detention |
3-14 Nov 2019 |
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Qatar |
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24 Nov - 1 Dec 2019 |
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Greece |
Arbitrary detention |
2-13 Dec 2019 |
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NEW! Qatar |
Education |
8-16 Dec 2019 |
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NEW! Qatar |
Slavery |
13-20 Jan 2020 |
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NEW! Spain |
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27 Jan - 7 Feb 2020 |
= Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues.