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Subcomm Prevention Torture 47
2022-06-07 - 2022-06-17
The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will hold its 47th Session from June 7 to 17, privately.

AfCHPR 68th Ordinary Session
2023-02-20 - 2023-03-17
The African Court on Human and Peoples‚Äô Rights is holding its 68th Ordinary Session from February 20 to March 17 at its seat in Arusha, Tanzania. The Court has not publicly shared any additional information about this session.

ACHPR 74th Ordinary Session
2023-02-21 - 2023-03-07
The African Commission on Human and Peoples‚Äô Rights is holding its 74th Ordinary Session, virtually and in private, from February 21 to March 7.

ECSR 333rd Session
2023-03-20 - 2023-03-24
The European Committee of Social Rights will hold its 333rd Session from March 20 to 24. The agenda is not yet online. A synopsis will be posted following the session.

SPT 50th Session
2023-06-05 - 2023-06-16
The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will convene privately for its 50th Session, from June 5 to 16, in Geneva.

ECSR 337th Session
2023-10-16 - 2023-10-20
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) will hold its 337th Session from October 16 to 20, at its headquarters in Strasbourg, France. The session agenda and synopsis will subsequently be available on the sessions webpage.

ACHPR 78th Private Session
2024-02-23 - 2024-03-08
Per the final communiqu√© from its last session, the African Commission on Human and Peoples‚Äô Rights (ACHPR) will hold its 78th Private Ordinary Session, virtually, from February 23 to March 8. The session will not include public participation.

UN General Assembly (UNGA) 80
2025-09-09 - 2025-09-28 | New York City, New York, NY, United States
The 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) opens on September 9, 2025. Two weeks later, High-Level General Debate kicks off Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) PSWG 101
2025-09-16 - 2025-10-17
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is scheduled to hold its 101st Pre-sessional Working Group, during which it will begin reviewing State reports from Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste and the United Republic of Tanzania to assess their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Additionally, the Working Group will begin considering reports it has received from the United States of America regarding its compliance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention relating to the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OP-CRC-SC), and the Optional Protocol to the Convention relating to involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC).
This session appears to have been originally scheduled to be held in May 2025, but was cancelled, most likely due to the current liquidity crisis at the UN.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) PSWG 94
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-31
Due to the ongoing liquidity crisis at the UN, the Pre-sessional Working Group for the 94th session of the Committee on the Elimination against Women (CEDAW) will be held online, in closed meetings. During these meetings the Committee will:

adopt a list of issues in relation to the periodic report of Cook Islands, as well as lists of issues prior to reporting for the following States parties: Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Croatia, Eswatini, Ghana, India, Liberia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and Vanuatu; and
assess the follow-up reports of Costa Rica, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Slovenia, Tunisia, and Ukraine.

NGOs are invited to provide written information following the instructions for participation available on the session information page. At the time of submission of written information, NGOs may also request to participate remotely in an informal private meeting that will be held online on Monday, 27 October 2025 from 14h00 to 15h30 (Geneva time; time to be confirmed).
The Committee has postponed its State party reviews of Argentina, Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Iraq, Lesotho, Lithuania, The Netherlands and Viet Nam to its next session in February 2026.

Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) 56
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-14 | Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
The Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) is scheduled to hold its 56th session in Geneva, Switzerland from November 10 to 14.

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) PSWG 102
2025-11-17 - 2025-11-19
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is scheduled to hold its 102nd Pre-sessional Working Group, during which it will begin reviewing State reports from Denmark, Italy, Morocco, and Uruguay.

Please note that several of the treaty body webpages currently warn that “due to the United Nations Regular Budget Liquidity Situation,” the agenda, dates and modality of treaty body sessions may be subject to change. More information may be available by checking the UN’s Indico calendar or by contacting ohchr-tbs@un.org via email. The CRC Committee’s secretariat may also be contacted via email at ohchr-crc@un.org.

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) PSWG 103
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-06
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is tentatively scheduled to hold its 103rd Pre-sessional Working Group, during which it will begin reviewing State reports from Australia, Barbados, Botswana, Chad, Lebanon, and Trinidad and Tobago to assess their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Additionally, the Working Group will adopt lists of issues prior to reporting for El Salvador, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Seychelles, and Suriname.
