(JULY 2018) INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES: CALL FOR INPUTS AND UPCOMING COUNTRY VISITS
This is the 9th 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: extreme poverty; right to privacy; right to development
Upcoming country visits: Argentina; Bhutan; Canada; Cape Verde; Egypt; France; Guatemala; Italy; Malaysia; Morocco; Poland; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Uruguay.
Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
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Call for inputs
| Mandate | Call | Deadline | Additional Info |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to food | Call for written submissions – Country visit to Argentina (12-21 Sep 2018) | 20 Jul 2018 | Questionnaire EN / ES |
| NEW! Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty | Call for written submissions – Country visit to the UK (6-16 Nov 2018) | 14 Sep 2018 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy | Consultation on “Gender Perspectives on Privacy” | 30 Sep 2018 | Read more |
| Special Rapporteur on the right to development | Initiating discussions on human rights compliant development policies (for the Americas – in October 2018, in Panama, Panama and for Asia – in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2018) | NA | Read more
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| NEW! Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders | In view of the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on human rights defenders, the Special Rapporteur prepared a Concept Note that captures the ideas, key messages and activities he would like to propose for this anniversary. If you have any comment, please send it to [email protected] | NA | Concept Note EN / FR / ES |
Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
The UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, undertakes 1-3 fact-finding country visits per year as part of his mandate. His predecessor, Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn, visited Argentina in March 2017. Check his report on this visit here: EN / FR / ES / AR / RU / ZH
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. Up-to-date information about country visits may be found here.
If you wish to engage with ILGA with regard to the Independent Expert’s fact-finding visit to your country, please contact us ([email protected]).
| Country | Current Status |
| Argentina | Visit conducted on 1-10 Mar 2017 |
| Armenia | Request to postpone (17 April 2018) |
| Burkina Faso | Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
| Cambodia | Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
| Georgia | Accepting dates from 25 Sep to 5 Oct 2018 (18 Jul 2018) |
| Ghana | Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
| Kenya | Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
| Malta | Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018) |
| Nepal | Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
| Mozambique | Acceptance of visit request for December 2018 (12 Apr 2018) |
| Poland | Request to postpone (15 May 2018) |
| Sri Lanka | Acceptance of visit request for the second half 2019 (17 Apr 2018) |
| Thailand | Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
| Ukraine | The Ukrainian delegation confirmed their acceptance of the visit during an interactive dialogue with the IE on 18 Jun 2018.
Visit request (26 Mar 2018) |
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.
| Country | Mandate | Dates |
| Guatemala | Independence of judges | 20-28 Aug 2018 |
| Argentina | Food | 12-21 Sep 2018 |
| Malaysia | Sale of children | 24 Sep-1 Oct 2018 |
| Egypt |  Housing |
24 Sep-3 Oct 2018 |
| Poland | Cultural rights |
24 Sep-5 Oct 2018 |
| Italy | Slavery | 3-12 Oct 2018 |
| Argentina | Freedom of expression |
5-15 Oct 2018 |
| Morocco | Independence of judges | 24 Oct-1 Nov 2018 |
| Canada | Health |
29 Oct-9 Nov 2018 |
| United Kingdom | Extreme poverty |
06-16 Nov 2018 |
| Cape Verde | Right to development | Nov 2018 |
| Uruguay | Privacy | Nov 2018 |
| Malaysia | Water and sanitation |
21 Nov-4 Dec 2018 |
| NEW! Bhutan | Arbitrary detention | 14-25 Jan 2019 |
| France | Housing |
28 Jan-6 Feb 2019 |
| Malaysia | Extreme poverty |
12-22 Aug 2019 |