Treaty Bodies

Start here: essential guides, calendars and factsheets on the UN Human Rights Council, UPR, Special Procedures, Treaty Bodies and CSW, then go deeper

Access new, practical, hands-on tools for engaging the United Nations human rights system: the fully revised 2026 edition of the "SOGIESC UPR advocacy toolkit" and the brand-new "Good practices guide for follow-up on United Nations recommendations"

This is ILGA World’s first publication to bring together follow-up practices across treaty bodies, UPR, Special Procedures and the Sustainable Development Goals

Let's talk about making human rights recommendations more practical! Whether you engage with the Universal Periodic Review, treaty bodies, Special Procedures, or other human rights mechanisms, this session will offer useful practical insights and strategies to strengthen your advocacy and community engagement efforts

We welcome our membership to the launch of the good practices guide for follow-up on UN recommendations, a practical resource designed to support our communities in turning recommendations from UN human rights mechanisms into effective tools for national advocacy, monitoring, and follow-up

Read stories of victories achieved by our grassroots member organisations towards inclusive approaches to women's rights

Public statement by civil society organisations on the Occasion of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Chairpersons of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Between 2023 and 2024, ILGA World contributed to the framing and drafting process of General Recommendation No. 40 on women’s equal and inclusive representation in decision-making systems

This general recommendation by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination includes 18 specific references on the rights of people of diverse SOGIESC: discover how to use this document in your advocacy work!