Docip's Weekly News No. 488
2026-03-20
MARCH 22 - 28, 2026
February 23 - March 31, 2026, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
March 9 - 27, 2026, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- Programme of work
- Information note for stakeholders
- Consideration of State Reports: Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Samoa - List of issues: Chad, Colombia, Eswatini, Iceland, Ireland, Micronesia (Federated States of), Panama, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe - List of issues prior to reporting: Cyprus, Jordan, Luxembourg, United Republic of Tanzania - Lists of issues in absence of a report: Syrian Arab Republic
DEADLINES
Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples: Call for inputs for the country visit to Australia (November 2 - 13, 2026)
Call for input: OHCHR Online Survey on “Civil Society Space”
Call for applications: FAO Young Forest Champions Initiative (Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru, Uganda and Zambia)
Call for proposals for the Indigenous Media Zone (IMZ) during the 25th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Call for inputs: UN report on Planning and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Open call for stakeholder inputs to inform the 2027 Global Sustainable Development Report
Call for inputs: Protection of human rights defenders in the digital age
NGO contributions to the stakeholder report for UPR 53 (November 2 - 13, 2026)
- Deadline: April 10, 2026
- Countries: Suriname, Greece, Samoa, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Hungary, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Antigua and Barbuda, Eswatini, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Ireland, United States of America
Incomindios Youth Scholarship 2026 - Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)
Call for inputs on intimidation and reprisals for the annual report of the Secretary-General
NEW: 15th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights - Call for session proposals
Call for inputs for the UN study on the implications of sea-level rise for the full enjoyment of human rights
Call for inputs for the visit of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights to Guatemala
Call for inputs: UN report on technologies related to climate change and their impacts on human rights
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity: Call for inputs for the country visit to Finland
Call for inputs for the UN study on the implications of plastic pollution for the full enjoyment of human rights
NEW: Committee on World Food Security: Call for proposals of CFS 54 side events
FUTURE EVENTS
April 13 - May 1, 2026, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- Consideration of State Reports: Gabon, Italy, Pakistan, Tajikistan - List of issues prior to reporting: Brazil, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland
April 13 - May 1, 2026, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- Consideration of State Reports: Burkina Faso, Cuba, Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia, Uzbekistan
April 20 - May 1, 2026, UNHQ, New York, USA
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- The United Nations World Water Development Report 2026, Water for all people: equal rights and opportunities (English | French)
- World Food Forum Youth Initiative - Results report 2025 (English)
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