There are a number of upcoming opportunities for civil society groups to engage with the UN human rights systems.

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

The Council’s 32^nd regular session was suspended on 1 July 2016. The President of the Council stated that the session would resume at a time and date to be announced. Information and updates will be published here.

The organisational meeting for the 33rd regular session of the Human Rights Council will take place on 29 August 2016 Palais des Nations, Room XX. Information and updates will be published here.

The 33^rd regular session of the Human Rights Council will be held from 13 September to 30 September 2016 at Palais des Nations, Room XX.  Information and updates will be published here.

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

The 27^th session of the UPR Working Group will be held from April to May 2017. The following States will be reviewed: Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Finland, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Philippines, Algeria, Poland, Netherlands, South Africa. Guidelines for submissions are found here. Tentative deadline is 22 September 2016. Information about the UPR mechanism can be found here.

TREATY BODIES

The 117^th session of the Human Rights Committee is taking place at Palais Wilson, Ground Floor from 20 June 2016 to 15 July 2016. The Committee will consider the following State reports during the session: Argentina, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ecuador, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Kuwait. The Committee will also consider and adopt a list of issues for the following countries: Italy, Serbia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Belgium, Lithuania and Norway. Further information from the secretariat is available here.

The 64^th session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women will be held on from 4 to 22 July 2016. The Committee will consider the following State reports during the session: Albania, France, Mali, Myanmar, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay. The proposed programme of work is available here. The report of the pre-sessional working group is available here.

The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women will hold its 66^th pre-sessional Working Group from 25 to 29 July 2016 at Palais des Nations, room XVIII and will consider the following State reports: El Salvador, Germany, Jordan, Federated States of Micronesia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Ukraine. It will also consider the list of issues prior to reporting for Israel.

The Committee against Torture will hold its 58^th session from 25 July to 12 August 2016 at Palais Wilson 1st Floor. It will consider the following State reports: Burundi, Honduras, Kuwait, Mongolia. The proposed programme of work is available here.

The 11^th session of The Committee on Enforced Disappearance will be held from 3 October to 14 October 2016 at Palais des Nations, First Floor conference room (3-7 October) and Room XIII (10-14 October). The Committee will consider the following State reports during the session: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Colombia. It will also adopt a list of issues for the following countries: Cuba, Ecuador and Senegal.

If you are unable to attend relevant Treaty Body meetings, you can now watch them live online. A group of Geneva-based NGOs, including ISHR, has coordinated to make this possible. The webcasts can be viewed here.

WORKING GROUPS

The Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice will hold its 16^th session from 18 to 22 July 2016 in New York.

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will hold its 76^th session from 22 August to 26 August 2016 at Palais des Nations, Room XXIII.

COUNTRY VISITS BY SPECIAL PROCEDURES

Find more information on these visits here. To find out how you can support the visits, please contact respective mandate-holders via their email address, as listed in the directory.