Docip's Weekly News No. 483
2026-02-13
FEBRUARY 15 - 21, 2026
February 2 - 20, 2026, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
February 9 - 25, 2026, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
Sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (CBD)
February 16 – 19, 2026, Rome, Italy
February 21, 2026
DEADLINES
Call for applications for the 3rd Biennial UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum 2026 (FAO)
Call for applications: 2026 Sakharov Fellowship programme for Human Rights Defenders
Call for inputs: UN report on Enforced Disappearances and Memorialization
Call for inputs: UN report on violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women
Call for inputs: UN report on the right to seeds
Call for inputs: UN report on Peasant Territorialities of Sea and Land
Call for inputs: UN report on Corporate Governance, Business and Human Rights
Call for input: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on historical and contemporary forms of violations against Indigenous women and girls’ reproductive health and rights
Call for inputs: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on demarcation, registration and titling of Indigenous Peoples' lands, territories and resources
NEW: Call for applications of the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples: 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Registration for the 25th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (members of accredited entities, opens February 9)
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants: Call for inputs for the country visit to Brazil
Working Group on the use of mercenaries: Call for inputs for the country visit to Colombia
NEW: Call for input: OHCHR Online Survey on “Civil Society Space”
NEW: Call for inputs: Protection of human rights defenders in the digital age
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism: Call for inputs for the country visit to Canada
Call for inputs: UN report on Planning and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
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
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity: Call for inputs for the country visit to Finland
FUTURE EVENTS
March 4 - 13, 2026, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland
March 2 - 19, 2026, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- Consideration of State Reports: Andorra, Canada, Chad, Republic of Moldova, Slovakia - List of issues: Rwanda - List of issues prior to reporting: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hungary, Mexico, Senegal
April 20 - May 1, 2026, UNHQ, New York, USA
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Engagement of Indigenous Peoples in the revision of the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (English)
- IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment - Summary for policymakers (English)
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