Call for Input, UN SR on unilateral coercive measures
2025-10-20
The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights has issued a call for submissions of additional input, comments and suggestions for the finalisation of “Principles and Guidance on humanitarian action” that she has been drafting.

Call for Input, UN SR on unilateral coercive measures
2025-10-20
The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights has issued a second call for input to collect feedback, comments and suggestions on her first draft of the Guidance on Effective Remedy, Responsibility and Redress in Unilateral Sanctions Environment.

Call for Input, ACHPR Draft Advocacy Framework for withdrawing reservations on some provisions of the Maputo Protocol
2025-10-22
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) invites stakeholders to submit their contributions to improve the final text of its Draft Advocacy Framework for withdrawing reservations on some provisions of the Maputo Protocol on the rights of women and girls. Please email submissions of no more than 5 pages to au-banjul@africanunion.org, copying MbengueI@africanunion.org.

United Nations Day
2025-10-24
United Nations Day is observed on October 24.

Call for Input, UN SR on freedom of religion or belief
2025-10-24
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief has issued a call for input to inform a report on freedom of religion or belief in relation to death and the honouring of the deceased. This report will be presented at the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2026.

Registration Deadline for Attendance, Committee Against Torture (CAT) 83
2025-10-26
NGOs and other civil society actors that have submitted written information to the Committee Against Torture (CAT) in respect of a given State party under review during the Committee’s 83rd session may register to participate in person in the 83rd session in November 2025. Instructions for getting accredited and for registering to participate in the session are available on the Committee’s webpage.
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 Committee’s main webpage (under “Sessions”), the UN’s Indico calendar or by contacting ohchr-tbs@un.org via email.

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.

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.

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.

UN Social Forum
2025-10-30 - 2025-10-31 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Human Rights Council will convene the annual Social Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s theme is focused on the contribution of education to the respect, promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights for all. Participants are required to register ahead of time through the UN’s Indico System.

Call for Input, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
2025-10-31
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has issued a call for input to inform draft guidelines on addressing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities. The deadline for submissions in response to this call for input has been extended to October 31, 2025.

Call for Input, UN WG on discrimination against women and girls
2025-10-31
The UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls has issued a call for inputs to inform its preparation of a report on the digital space and artificial intelligence’s existing and potential impact on substantive gender equality. The Working Group will present this report to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2026.

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.

**POSTPONED** Visit to Saudi Arabia, UN SR on violence against women and girls
2025-11-02 - 2025-11-12 | Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls was scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia, but this visit has been postponed for financial reasons.

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.

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/.

**POSTPONED** Visit to Ecuador, UN WG on peasants
2025-11-04 - 2025-11-14 | Ecuador, Ecuador
The UN Working Group on peasants was scheduled to visit Ecuador, but this visit has been postponed.

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.

Environment in Armed Conflict
2025-11-06
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict is observed on November 6.

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.

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.

World Science Day for Peace
2025-11-10
World Science Day for Peace and Development is observed on November 10.

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.
