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Call for Input, UN SR on trafficking in persons, especially women and children
2026-01-30
The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, has issued a call for input to inform an upcoming thematic report on the rights of migrant, refugee, asylum-seeking and stateless children who are victims of trafficking or at risk of trafficking in persons. The call for input provides further detail on key questions the rapporteur seeks to address.

Call for Input, UN SR on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
2026-01-30
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence has issued a call for inputs to inform his upcoming visit to Nepal in March, 2026.

Call for Input, UN WG on discrimination against women and girls
2026-01-30
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls has issued a call for input to inform its upcoming visit to Armenia from March 16 to 25.

Call for Input, OHCHR (Marshall Islands and its nuclear legacy)
2026-01-31
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has issued a call for input to inform a report on addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization and enjoyment of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy. The deadline for submissions has been extended to January 31, 2026.

Call for Input, OHCHR (Cooperation with Georgia)
2026-01-31
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has issued a call for input to inform a report pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 60/29 entitled “Cooperation with Georgia” and adopted on 8 October 2025.

Call for Input, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) and Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID)
2026-01-31
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), together with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), has issued a call for input to inform a joint statement on enforced disappearances in the context of transnational repression.

Call for Input, UN EM on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)
2026-01-31
The UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) has issued a call for inputs to inform an upcoming study on “the rights of Indigenous Peoples in conflict and post-conflict situations.”

Call for Input, UN IE on the rights of older persons
2026-01-31
The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons has issued a call for input to inform the Independent Expert’s thematic report on the rights of older persons in the context of business activities.

Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), Civil Society Submissions Due
2026-01-31
In preparation for its 30th session, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform the Committee’s assessment of State reports from Malawi and Samoa, as well as follow-up reports from Ecuador and Iraq.

Call for Input, OHCHR (about Permanent Forum on People of African Descent)
2026-01-31
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has issued a call for inputs and views, suggestions and concrete proposals on the modalities, including working methods and procedures, governing the work of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. These submissions will inform a report evaluating the first four annual sessions of the Permanent Forum and, in light of experience gained, making recommendations on how the modalities of the Permanent Forum might look going forward.

Human Rights Committee (ICCPR), Civil Society Submissions Due
2026-02-02
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 review of the following State reports: Andorra, Canada, Chad, Republic of Moldova and Slovakia.

World Wetlands Day
2026-02-02

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.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 92
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-20 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The Committee on the Elimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its 92nd session in Geneva, Switzerland. During this session, the Committee will consider the reports of the following States parties: Argentina, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Iraq, Lesotho, Lithuania, The Netherlands, and Viet Nam. In addition, the Committee will formally adopt a list of issues in relation to the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Cook Islands, as well as lists of issues prior to reporting for Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Croatia, Eswatini, India, Liberia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, and Vanuatu. Civil society organizations may participate in person by registering via the UN’s Indico platform, or they may submit a pre-recorded video statement up to one week before the beginning of the session. Further information on participation is available on the session page.

This session was originally scheduled to be held in October 2025, but was postponed “due to the current liquidity situation of the United Nations Secretariat and associated cash conservation measures.”

Zero Tolerance for FGM Day
2026-02-06
The World Health Organization’s International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is observed on February 6.

Call for Input, UN SR on violence against women and girls
2026-02-06
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (SR VAWG) has issued a call for input to inform a thematic report that examines “the forms and manifestations of violence experienced by women and girls because of their status as mothers, including where that status intersects with other grounds.” This report will be presented to the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Visit to Egypt, UN SR on the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
2026-02-08 - 2026-02-17 | Egypt, Egypt
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation is scheduled to visit Egypt.

Visit to Ireland, UN SR on the human right to a healthy environment
2026-02-09 - 2026-02-20 | Ireland, Ireland
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment will visit Ireland.

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 79
2026-02-09 - 2026-02-25 | Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is scheduled to hold its 79th Session in Geneva, Switzerland. During this session, the Committee will consider reports from Australia, Georgia, Kenya, and Uruguay; lists of issues prior to reporting for Ecuador, Egypt, Kazakhstan, and Paraguay; and follow-up to concluding observations (CoBs) made to Lithuania, and Tajikistan. Members of civil society who wish to attend the session must register via the UN’s Indico platform. A provisional agenda is available on the session page.

World Pulses Day
2026-02-10

Call for Input, OHCHR (genocide prevention)
2026-02-10
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect have issued a questionnaire to which they are seeking responses from civil society organizations to inform a report on genocide prevention to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly later this year.

Visit to Mali, UN SR on the counter-terrorism and human rights
2026-02-10 - 2026-02-20 | Mali, Mali
The UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights is scheduled to visit Mali.

World Radio Day
2026-02-13

IACHR, Registration Deadline for 195th Period of Sessions
2026-02-13
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has opened registration to take part in the regional ex officio public hearings that are set to take place in person during its 195th Period of Sessions (March 9–13) in Guatemala City, Guatemala. According to Press Release No. 21, “[a]ll private individuals and representatives of States and civil society organizations interested in taking part in any of these hearings will need to register online (in Spanish or English) by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 13, 2026.”
The hearings will cover the following themes:

Situation of judicial officers
Human rights of Roma peoples
Effects of practices aimed at changing sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression
Impact of illegal mining on economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Civil Society Submissions Due
2026-02-13
In preparation for its 117th session, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is accepting written submissions to inform its consideration of follow-up reports from: Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Qatar, and Turkmenistan. Please send submissions electronically to the CERD Secretariat. Deadline February 13.
Also in preparation for its 117th session, the Committee is accepting electronic submissions relating to Early Warning and Urgent Actions (EWUAP). Deadline February 13.
Finally, the Committee is accepting civil society reports that may inform its consideration of the regular periodic State reports of Burkina Faso, Cuba, Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia, and Uzbekistan. Deadline March 23.

Call for Input, UN WG on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
2026-02-15
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has issued a call for input to inform an upcoming thematic report on enforced disappearances and memorialization. This report will be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2026 and to the General Assembly in October 2026.

Call for Input, UN IE on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI)
2026-02-15
The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI) has issued a call for input to inform a thematic report on violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women. The call for input provides further detail on key questions the rapporteur seeks to address. This report will be presented at the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Call for Input, OHCHR (UN human rights treaty body system)
2026-02-15
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has issued a call for inputs to inform its upcoming biennial report to the UN General Assembly “on the status of the human rights treaty body system and the progress achieved by the human rights treaty bodies in realizing greater efficiency and effectiveness in their work, including the number of reports submitted and reviewed by the committees, the visits undertaken and the individual communications received and reviewed, where applicable, the state of the backlog, capacity-building efforts and the results achieved, as well as the situation in terms of ratifications, increased reporting and the allocation of meeting time and proposals on measures, including on the basis of information and observations from Member States, to enhance the engagement of all States parties in the dialogue with the treaty bodies.”
Please submit inputs to ohchr-tbs@un.org in digital or electronic formats accessible to persons with disabilities, for example, Word or text formats. The responses will be posted as received on the following OHCHR webpage http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRTD/Pages/TBStrengthening.aspx.

Visit to Chad, UN SR on trafficking in persons
2026-02-16 - 2026-02-26 | Chad, Chad
The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons is scheduled to visit Chad.

Call for Input, WG on peasants (right to seeds)
2026-02-19
The UN Working group on peasants is seeking input to inform a thematic report on the right to seeds, which will be presented to the Human Rights Council later this year.
