Center for Global Law and Justice | Resource Hub

Call for Input, UN SR on the rights of persons with disabilities
2025-10-31 | Colombia, Colombia
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities has issued a call for input to inform a report on equal participation of persons with disabilities in political life. The Special Rapporteur will present this report to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026.

Call for Input, UN SR on the sale and sexual exploitation of children
2025-10-31 | Colombia, Colombia
The UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children has issued a call for input to inform her final report to the UN Human Rights Council in February-March 2026. “The report will focus on an overview of the main developments relating to the mandate and new patterns of sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children with a view to developing ideas and recommendations for taking the mandate forward and effectively combatting the phenomenon.” While the Special Rapporteur welcomes all submissions, she has outlined in the call for input some specific questions she’s looking to receive information on.

CRC, Civil Society Submissions Due
2025-11-01
In preparation for its Pre-Sessional Working Group for the 102nd session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform its adoption of a list of issues for Suriname. The Committee requests that written contributions be submitted through the Child Rights Connect website.

Call for Input, UN SR on minority issues
2025-11-03
The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues has issued a call for input to inform his upcoming visit to the European Union in January 2026.

CMW, Civil Society Submissions Due
2025-11-03
In preparation for its 41st session, the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers (CMW) is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform the Committee’s assessment of State reports received from Honduras, Indonesia, and Mauritania, as well as to inform the adoption of lists of issues for Colombia, Albania, and Uganda.

Call for Input, UN SR on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
2025-11-07 | Colombia, Colombia
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has issued a call for input to inform her upcoming report on the progress in implementation of recommendations made to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea during the third and fourth cycle of the universal periodic review of the Human Rights Council. She will present this report to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026.

Call for Input, UN SR on freedom of assembly
2025-11-07
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association has issued a call for input to inform a report on the impact of digital and AI-assisted surveillance on assembly and association rights, including chilling effects. The Special Rapporteur will present this report to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2026.

Call for Input, UN SR on unilateral coercive measures
2025-11-07
The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights has issued a call for input to inform her upcoming visit to Cuba, from 11 to 21 November 2025.

Call for Feedback, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
2025-11-07
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is seeking “feedback on its first draft of a General Recommendation on reparations for the transatlantic trade in Africans for chattel slavery and the ensuing and continuing harms inflicted on people of African descent,” and has issued a call for input for all interested parties to submit written comments.

Call for Input, UN WG on people of African descent
2025-11-10
The UN Working Group of experts on people of African descent has issued a call for input to inform its preparation of a report titled “Crossings and journeys: people of African descent in global migration and the enduring architecture of racialization.” The Working Group will present this report to the UN Human Rights Council and to the UN General Assembly in 2026.

Call for Input, UN IE on the rights of persons with albinism
2025-11-10
The UN Independent Expert on the rights of persons with albinism has issued a call for input to inform her upcoming visit to Portugal.

Call for Input, UN WG on discrimination against women and girls
2025-11-14
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls has issued a call for input to inform a thematic report on the digital space and artificial intelligence’s existing and potential impact on substantive gender equality.

Call for Input, UN SR in the field of cultural rights
2025-11-15
The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights has issued a call for input to inform a report on the intersections between nature conservation and cultural rights. The Special Rapporteur will be receiving contributions from October 10 to November 15, 2025. Her finalized report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026.

Call for Input, UN IE on human rights and international solidarity
2025-11-21
The UN Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity has issued a call for input to inform her upcoming report on peace, considering both its negative (absence of violence or war) and positive (active pursuit of a culture of peace and solidarity) dimensions.

Call for Input, UN IE on foreign debt and human rights
2025-11-21
The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights has issued a call for input to inform her upcoming report on international assistance and cooperation. The call for input delineates some of the key questions that the independent expert is looking to address.

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), Civil Society Submissions Due
2025-11-28
In preparation for its 79th session, this Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform the Committee’s adoption of a list of issues for Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Slovakia, and Zambia.

Call for Input, UN EM on the Right to Development (EMRTD)
2025-11-30
The UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (EMRTD) has issued a call for input to inform a thematic study on thematic study on “Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cultural Rights, and the Right to Development.”

Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus, Call for Submissions
2025-11-30
The UN Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus has issued a call for submission of information and documentation relevant to its investigation of human rights violations and abuses committed in Belarus since May 1, 2020.

Call for Input, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
2025-11-30
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has issued a call for responses to a survey that will inform its drafting of guidelines “to support the prevention, eradication, punishment, and reparation of violence based on disability.”

Human Rights Committee (ICCPR), Civil Society Submissions Due
2025-12-01
In preparation for its 145th session, the Human Rights Committee is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform the Committee’s assessment of reports following up on the most recent concluding observations issued to Botswana, Cambodia, and Ukraine.

Call for Input, UN WG on Business and Human Rights
2025-12-01
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has issued a call for input to inform a report on agri-business, food security and human rights. The call for input delineates the key questions and types of input/comments that the working group is seeking. This report will be presented at the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council in June 2026.

Call for Input, UN WG on Business and Human Rights
2025-12-01
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has issued a call for input to inform a thematic study on issues related to Indigenous Peoples’ free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), business, and human rights. This study will be presented as an addendum report to the Human Rights Council in its 62th session in June 2026. Inputs can be country-specific or of a general nature.

Call for Submissions, UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
2025-12-01
The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic invites submissions of information and documentation to inform the report that it must submit to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026. The type of information the Commission of Inquiry is particularly interested in, as well as instructions on how to submit information, are detailed in the Commission’s Call for Submissions.

Call for Input, UN SR on counter-terrorism and human rights
2025-12-01
The UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights has issued a call for input to inform an upcoming thematic report on the definitions of “terrorism”, “terrorist organisation” and “violent extremism” to be presented to the Human Rights Council in March 2026.

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) PSWG, Civil Society Submissions Due
2025-12-01
In preparation for its Pre-Sessional Working Group for the 103rd pre-session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform its adoption of a list of issues prior to reporting for Australia, Barbados, Botswana, Chad, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago. The Committee requests that written contributions be submitted through the Child Rights Connect website.

Call for Input, UN SR on toxics and human rights
2025-12-05
The UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights has issued a call for input to inform his upcoming visit to Mexico, from March 9 to 20, 2026.

Call for Input, UN SR on right to food
2025-12-05
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has issued a call for input to inform a thematic report that focuses on “interlinkages between land rights and the right to food, with a particular focus on the voices, experiences, and insights of civil society actors working on the ground, including small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, fishers, pastoralists, and youth.” This report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026.

Call for Input, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee)
2025-12-09
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) is currently finalizing an Addendum to General Recommendation No. 30 (2013) on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post conflict situations in relation to the Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, and has issued a call for input for all interested parties to submit written comments through the CEDAW online submission system at https://events.ohchr.org/.

Call for Input, UN SR on the human right to a healthy environment
2025-12-10
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment has issued a call for input to inform her upcoming visit to Ireland in February 2026.

Call for Input, UN SR on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories
2025-12-10
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories has issued a call for input to inform an upcoming report on “specific acts and methods of torture and ill-treatment committed against Palestinians” and “structural or collective practices that intentionally inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering for prohibited purposes, including punishment, intimidation, coercion, and discrimination.” The report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026.
