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Session, UN EM to Advance Racial Justice & Equality in Law Enforcement (EMLER) 5
2026-03-23 - 2026-03-27 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (EMLER) will hold its 5th session in Geneva, Switzerland. Those interested in participating in person must register through the UN’s Indico system by March 18. Individuals who are unable to participate in person may submit their contributions in writing in response to the call for inputs and follow the consultations via UN Web TV.

Session, UN WG on arbitrary detentions 105
2026-03-23 - 2026-04-01 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions is scheduled to hold its 105th session from March 23 to April 1 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Session, UN WG on the use of mercenaries
2026-04-13 - 2026-04-17 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rights of peoples to self-determination is scheduled to hold its 56th session in Geneva, Switzerland.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) 188
2026-04-13 - 2026-04-24
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) is scheduled to hold its 188th session.

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 117
2026-04-13 - 2026-05-01 | Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is scheduled to hold its 117th session from April 13 to May 1. During this session, the CERD will consider State reports from Burkina Faso, Cuba, Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, and Tonga; and follow-up reports from Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Qatar, and Turkmenistan. A provisional agenda and a program of work are available on the session page. Guidance for civil society, NGOs, and NHRIs is available on the Committee’s webpage. Registration is open for all in-person attendees. All public meetings of the Committee are also generally webcast live on UN WebTV.

Committee Against Torture (CAT) 84
2026-04-13 - 2026-05-01 | Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is scheduled to hold its 84th session from April 13 to May 1. During this session the CAT will consider State reports from Gabon, Italy, Pakistan, and Tajikistan; and lists of issues prior to reporting for Brazil, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland. A Program of Work and an information note for civil society actors are available on the session page. Registration for in-person attendance is open via the UN’s Indico platform. All public meetings of the Committee are also generally webcast live on UN WebTV.

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) 47
2026-04-17 - 2026-04-25 | Maseru, Maseru, Lesotho
According to the Communiqué on its 46th Ordinary Session, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) is scheduled to hold its 47th Ordinary Session from April 17 to 25, 2026. The process for requesting accreditation to participate is now open on the Committee’s webpage. Alternatively, participants may also register to attend the session via Zoom.

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) 87
2026-04-24 - 2026-05-20 | Banjul, Banjul, Gambia
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) will hold its 87th Ordinary Session from April 24 to May 20 in Banjul, Gambia. The theme of this session is “2026 Year of Water Sustainability: Assuring Sustainable Water Availability & Safe Sanitation System to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063.” The public portion of the session will be from May 11 to 20. The deadline to register to participate or make a statement is April 11.

Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to ICERD 16
2026-04-27 - 2026-05-01 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The first part of the 16th session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will take place from 27 April to 1 May 2026, in Palais des Nations, Tempus Building. It will open on Monday 27 April 2026 at 10.00 a.m.
The draft programme of work for part I of the 16th session of the Ad Hoc Committee will be circulated and posted in due course on the OHCHR – Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards | OHCHR.
NGOs with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) wishing to participate in the first part of the sixteenth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, are invited to register at: https://indico.un.org/event/1015673, before 24 April 2026.

Session, UN WG on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) 139
2026-05-04 - 2026-05-08 | Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
The 139th session of the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) is scheduled to take place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from 4 to 8 May 2026.
To request a meeting with the experts of the Working Group at the next session, please contact the Secretariat at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva (e-mail: hrc-wg-eid@un.org) by 3 April 2026.

Session, UN WG Business & Human Rights 43
2026-05-11 - 2026-05-15 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights is scheduled to hold its 43rd session in Geneva.
This session was originally scheduled to take place in February, 2026.

Universal Periodic Review 53
2026-11-02 - 2026-11-13 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will hold its 53rd session from November 2 to 13, 2026 to conduct the fourth cycle reviews for Suriname, Greece, Samoa, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Hungary, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Antigua and Barbuda, Eswatini, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, and Ireland.
All UPR meetings are generally webcast live at http://webtv.un.org/.

World Wetlands Day
2027-02-02, 2028-02-02, 2029-02-02, 2030-02-02

World Pulses Day
2027-02-10, 2028-02-10, 2029-02-10, 2030-02-10

World Radio Day
2027-02-13, 2028-02-13, 2029-02-13, 2030-02-13
