Universal Periodic Review
2024-01-22 - 2024-02-02
The Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review is holding its 45th session from January 22 to February 2 to conduct the fourth cycle reviews for Belize, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Jordan, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Nigeria, Senegal, and Saudi Arabia.

IACtHR 164th Regular Session
2024-01-24 - 2024-02-09
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) is holding its 164th Regular Session from January 24 to February 9, 2024 in hybrid form from its seat in Costa Rica. The Court will hold public hearings in seven cases, in addition to other activities.

CEDAW Committee 87th Session
2024-01-29 - 2024-02-16
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) is holding its 87th Session from January 29 to February 16, in person in Geneva. The Committee is holding constructive dialogues with the Central African Republic, Djibouti, Greece, Italy, Niger, Oman, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan concerning their implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

World Wetlands Day
2024-02-02, 2025-02-02

World Pulses Day
2024-02-10, 2025-02-10

CESCR 75th Session
2024-02-12 - 2024-03-01
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) will hold its 75th Session from February 12 to March 1 in person in Geneva. The Committee will hold constructive dialogues with Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania, and Sweden, in addition to conducting follow-up to its concluding observations concerning Belgium and Kuwait.

World Radio Day
2024-02-13, 2025-02-13

CED 26th Session
2024-02-19 - 2024-03-01
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will hold its 26th Session from February 19 to March 1, in person in Geneva. It will hold constructive dialogues with Cambodia, adopt the list of issues for Malawi, and conduct follow-up to its concluding observations concerning Panama. In addition, the CED will adopt a list of issues in absence of a report from Belize, and consider additional information submitted by Burkina Faso and Honduras.

IACHR 189th Period of Sessions
2024-02-26 - 2024-03-07
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) wil hold its 189th Period of Sessions from February 26 to March 7, in person at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Commission will hold public hearings concerning issues of concern and pending complaints, and is also accepting expressions of interest in three hearings the IACHR is organizing at its own initiative. Those hearings will address judicial independence, the situation of human rights defenders, and the human rights of older people. Expressions of interest in participating are due by February 1.

Human Rights Council 55th Sess
2024-02-26 00:00 - 2024-04-05 00:00 (America/Denver)
The Human Rights Council will hold its 55th regular session from February 26 to April 5, in Geneva. According to its agenda, the Council will hear the annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other reports by the OHCHR, Secretary-General, and special procedure mandate holders on specific countries and topics. The documentation for the session is available online. The Council will appoint mandate holders to various special procedures, including those focused on the rights of Indigenous peoples, a democratic and equitable international order, the situation of human rights in Mali, a healthy environment, climate change, truth and justice, peaceful assembly and association, the rights of peasants, and the use of mercenaries. The Council will consider and adopt the final outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Germany, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, and Uzbekistan.

Human Rights Council 59
2025-06-16 - 2025-07-08
The UN Human Rights Council is holding its 59th regular session from June 16 to July 8, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 33
2025-08-11 - 2025-08-26 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will hold its 33rd session August 11 to 26, in Geneva, Switzerland. During this session, the Committee will consider reports from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Finland, Kiribati, Maldives, Mali and the State of Palestine. More information is available in the proposed program of work and in the Informative Note for Stakeholders. In addition to reviewing the periodic report from the State of Palestine, the Committee has specifically requested information regarding the situation of persons with disabilities affected by war in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The Committee will also examine responses from Argentina, France, Georgia, Hungary and the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland regarding specific situations in each country that the Committee has requested information on.
All public meetings of the Committee are also generally webcast live at http://webtv.un.org/.
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.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) 179
2025-08-18 - 2025-09-03
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) will hold its 179th Ordinary Session.

Session, UN WG on arbitrary detention
2025-08-25 - 2025-08-29 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The Working Group on arbitrary detention will hold a session in Geneva, Switzerland.

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) 78
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-26
The African Court on Human & Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) will convene for its 78th Ordinary Session.

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 78
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-26 | Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is scheduled to hold its 78th session September 8 to 26, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Committee will consider reports from Chile, Colombia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Netherlands, Russian Federation and Zimbabwe; lists of issues prior to reporting for Eswatini, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova and Tunisia; and follow-up to concluding observations (CoBs) made to El Salvador and Luxembourg. More information is available on the session page.
All public meetings of the Committee are generally webcast live at https://webtv.un.org/.
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.

Human Rights Council 60
2025-09-08 - 2025-10-08
The UN Human Rights Council is holding its 60th regular session in Geneva, Switzerland.

Session, UN WG Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances 137
2025-09-15 - 2025-09-24 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is scheduled to hold its 137th session in Geneva.

Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) 29
2025-09-22 - 2025-10-02 | Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is scheduled to hold its 29th session in Geneva, Switzerland. According to the Information Note for victims and civil society organizations, registration for in-person attendance will open on September 1. All public meetings of the Committee are also generally webcast live at http://webtv.un.org/. During this session, the Committee will consider initial reports from Benin and Sri Lanka; a report on additional information from Montenegro; lists of issues for Finland, Oman and Slovenia; and lists of priority themes for Ecuador and Iraq.
Also during the session, on September 29, the Committee will hold its annual meeting with civil society actors, intergovernmental organizations and National Human Rights Institutions to facilitate the sharing of information and ideas for strengthening and furthering the work of the Committee. For further guidelines specific to the 29th session, see the Information Note referenced above. For more general guidelines on civil society engagement with the Committee, please see the Committee’s webpage.
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.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) 180
2025-09-22 - 2025-10-03 | Paraguay, Paraguay
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) will hold its 180th Ordinary Session. The Court will hold the public portion of this session in Paraguay from September 22 to 26. Then from September 29 to October 3 the Court will meet virtually for closed deliberations.

Session, UN WG Business & Human Rights 42
2025-09-29 - 2025-10-03 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights is scheduled to hold its 42nd session in Geneva.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) 181
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-17
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) will hold its 181st Ordinary Session.

European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) 351
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-17
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) will hold its 351st Session. The agenda and synopsis of the session will be posted on the Committee’s webpage after the conclusion of the session.

Session, UN EM on the Right to Development 12
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-29 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (EMRTD) is scheduled to hold its 12th session in Geneva.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) 182
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-31
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) will hold its 182nd Ordinary Session.

Universal Periodic Review 50
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-14
The Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will hold its 50th session from November 3 to 14, 2025 to conduct the fourth cycle reviews for Belarus, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Panama, Maldives, Andorra, Bulgaria, Honduras, United States of America, Marshall Islands, Croatia, Jamaica and Libya.
All UPR meetings are generally webcast live at http://webtv.un.org/.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) 183
2025-11-05 - 2025-11-06
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) will hold its 183rd Ordinary Session.
