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INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES: CALL FOR INPUTS AND UPCOMING COUNTRY VISITS – JUNE 2018

This is the 8th 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: contemporary forms of racism; privacy; development.

Upcoming country visits: Argentina, Austria, Canada, Cape Verde, Egypt, Guatemala, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Republic of Korea, Ukraine, Uruguay, United Kingdom.


Download the June 2018 info note on Special Procedures
as a PDF file


 

Call for inputs

NEW! Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance – Call for submissions: Combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination – Deadline 29 June 2018. Read more

NEW! Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance – Call for submissions: Thematic report on the impact of nationalist populism on racial equality – Deadline 29 June 2018. Read more

NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy – Call for contributions: Gender Perspectives on Privacy – Deadline 30 September 2018. Read more

NEW! Special Rapporteur on the right to development – Initiating discussions on human rights compliant development policies (for Europe – in June 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland; for the Americas – in October 2018, in Panama, Panama and for Asia – in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2018). Read more

 

Upcoming country visits

 

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.

Austria Use of mercenaries 21-29 June 2018
Moldova  Human rights defenders  26 June – 2 July 2018
NEW! Republic of Korea Human Rights in DPRK 02-06 July 2018
Kenya Business 02-11 July 2018
Guatemala Independence of judges 20-28 August 2018
NEW! Argentina Food 12-12 September 2018
Malaysia Sale of children 24 September – 1 October 2018
 Egypt   Adequate housing  24 September – 3 October 2018
 Poland   Cultural rights  24 September – 5 October 2018
NEW! Italy Slavery 3-12 October 2018
Argentina   Freedom of expression  5-15 October 2018
NEW! Morocco Independence of judges 24 October to 1 November 2018
Canada   Health  29 October – 9 November 2018
United Kingdom   Extreme poverty  06-16 November 2018
NEW! Cape Verde Right to development November 2018
NEW! Uruguay Privacy November 2018
NEW! Malaysia   Water and sanitation  21 November – 4 December 2018
NEW! France   Housing 

 

21 January – 6 February 2019
 Malaysia    Extreme poverty 

 

12-22 August 2019