This is the 70th monthly info note by ILGA World on UN Special Procedures: call for inputs and upcoming country visits.
This issue includes:
Calls for input: Business enterprises; Discrimination against Women and Girls; Education; Environment; Extreme poverty; Freedom of opinion and expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Housing; Independence of judges and lawyers; Minority issues; Older persons; Freedom of religion; Sale of children; Slavery; Torture; Unilateral coercive measures; Water and Sanitation
Upcoming country visits: Algeria; Australia; Bahamas; Burkina Faso; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Finland; Georgia; Honduras; Mauritania; Mexico; Mongolia; Montenegro; Peru; Philippines; Republic of Moldova; Sweden; The Netherlands; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Ukraine
Submission to the Special Rapporteurs on Housing and Extreme Poverty
The Special Rapporteurs on the right to adequate housing and the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights are planning to produce a report on the decriminalisation of homelessness and extreme poverty, and will be collecting inputs until 15 September 2023. The mandates are seeking information on efforts made to decriminalize offences frequently associated with homelessness and poverty - such as street vending, begging, staying, sleeping, eating or undertaking any other life-sustaining activities in public spaces.
ILGA World will be collecting information on this topic to present a submission to the mandates and will be collecting inputs until 11 September 2023. If you have any information, data or testimonials relating to this subject, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Calls for input
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Mandate |
Call |
Deadline |
Additional Info |
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Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers |
Call for contributions for the country visit of the Special Rapporteur to Montenegro |
01 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on minority issues |
Call for inputs from the mandate for the country visit to Tajikistan (to be presented at the HRC 55) |
05 Sep 2023 |
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Special Rapporteur on housing and the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty |
Call for inputs: Decriminalization of homelessness and extreme poverty |
15 Sep 2023 |
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Working Group on discrimination against women and girls |
Call for inputs from the mandate for the country visit to Mauritania (to be presented at the HRC 56) |
15 Sep 2023 |
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Working Group on discrimination against women and girls |
Call for inputs from the mandate on lessons learned, key challenges and impact over the last six years |
18 Sep 2023 |
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Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures |
Call for inputs: Draft Monitoring & Impact Assessment Tool |
20 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression |
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20 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Independent Expert on older persons |
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21 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on education |
Call for contributions from the mandate for the country visit to Finland (to be presented at the HRC 55) |
22 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on water and sanitation |
Call for inputs from the mandate for the country visit to Canada |
22 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on housing |
Call for inputs: Resettlement as a human rights issue (to be presented at the HRC 55) |
30 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on slavery |
Call for inputs from the mandate for the country visit to Côte d’Ivoire |
30 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Working Group on business |
Call for inputs: report on “Investors, ESG and Human Rights” (to be presented at the HRC 56) |
30 Sep 2023 |
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Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association |
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30 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures |
Call for inputs: Draft Monitoring & Impact Assessment Tool |
30 Sep 2023 |
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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 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on the sale of children |
Call for inputs: “study on the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the entertainment industry” (to be presented at the HRC 55) |
04 Oct 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on the sale of children |
Call for inputs from the mandate for the country visit to Australia (to be presented at the HRC 58) |
20 Oct 2023 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on religion or belief |
Call for inputs: report on “Advocacy of Hatred Based on Religion or Belief – Transformative Responses” |
29 Oct 2023 |
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Special Rapporteur on torture |
Call for contributions from the mandate for the country visit to Ukraine |
31 Oct 2023 |
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Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures |
Calls for inputs for the Sanctions Research Platform |
01 Jan 2024 |
: 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 Cambodia in 2023, 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 the 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 |
Visit conducted on 10–20 Jan 2023. |
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Colombia* |
Request to postpone (7 Apr 2020) |
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Fiji* |
Visit request (24 May 2022) |
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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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Mozambique* |
Visit conducted on 3-10 Dec 2018. End of Mission Statement: English – Portuguese |
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Nepal |
Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
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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. |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland* |
Accepting dates: 24 Apr – 5 May 2023 (6 Feb 2023) |
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United States of America* |
Visit conducted on 15 - 26 Aug 2022 |
* 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
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Country |
Mandate |
Dates |
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POSTPONED!!! Singapore |
Terrorism |
12 – 19 Jul 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Mercenaries |
3 – 11 Oct 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Mozambique |
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6 – 21 Nov 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Russian Federation |
Minority issues |
1 – 18 Apr 2022 |
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POSTPONED!!! Costa Rica |
Minority issues |
4 – 16 May 2023 |
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Canada |
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23 Aug – 6 Sep 2023 |
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Ecuador |
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28 Aug – 8 Sep 2023 |
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Australia |
Hazardous substances and wastes |
28 Aug – 8 Sep 2023 |
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Georgia |
Disabilities |
4 – 14 Sep 2023 |
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Ukraine |
Torture |
4 – 15 Sep 2023 |
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Algeria |
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16 – 26 Sep 2023 |
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Honduras |
Climate change |
18 – 28 Sep 2023 |
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Mexico |
Arbitrary Detention |
18 – 29 Sep 2023 |
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Montenegro |
Independence of judges and lawyers |
19 – 26 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Colombia |
Truth |
19 – 29 Sep 2023 |
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NEW!!! Sweden |
Freedom of religion or belief |
11 – 17 Oct 2023 |
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Mauritania |
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25 Sep – 6 Oct 2023 |
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Peru |
Arbitrary executions |
25 Sep – 6 Oct 2023 |
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Canada |
Water and sanitation |
2 – 13 Oct 2023 |
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NEW!!! Tajikistan |
Minority issues |
9 – 20 Oct 2023 |
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Chile |
Torture |
16 – 28 Oct 2023 |
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Honduras |
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17 – 27 Oct 2023 |
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Australia |
Sale of children |
30 Oct – 10 Nov 2023 |
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Mongolia |
Independence of judges and lawyers |
6 – 15 Nov 2023 |
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Republic of Moldova |
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7 – 16 Nov 2023 |
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Algeria |
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15 Nov – 5 Dec 2023 |
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Finland |
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21 – 30 Nov 2023 |
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Bahamas |
Arbitrary Detention |
27 Nov – 8 Dec 2023 |
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The Netherlands |
Housing |
11 – 21 Dec 2023 |
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Tunisia |
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1 Jan – 31 Mar 2024 |
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Philippines |
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23 Jan – 2 Feb 2024 |
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Chile |
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25 Mar – 5 Apr 2024 |
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Canada |
Arbitrary Detention |
13 – 24 May 2024 |
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NEW!!! Burkina Faso |
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10 Jul – 19 Jul 2024 |
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NEW!!! Chile |
Independence of judges and lawyers |
29 Jul – 9 Aug 2024 |
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Colombia |
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29 Jul – 9 Aug 2024 |
: Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues