Docip's Weekly News No. 462
29.08.2025
AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
No UN meeting scheduled for next week. Visit our online calendar for webinars, training sessions, and other meetings.
DEADLINES
Designation of representatives from accredited organizations to attend the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (SB8J-1)
Call for inputs: UN Report on addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy
Call for inputs: Draft guidelines on addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities (CRPD)
UNESCO Global Survey on Indigenous Languages
Call for applications: OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program 2026
NEW: Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples - call for applications: Pre-sessions of the 51st Universal Periodic Review
- Deadline: September 15, 2025
- Countries: Australia, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Nepal, Rwanda
NEW: Vacancy announcement for the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
NEW: Vacancy announcement for the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
NEW: Submission of written information by NGOs to the pre-sessional working group for the 94th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Deadline: September 29, 2025
- List of issues: Cook Islands - List of issues prior to reporting: Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Croatia, Eswatini, Ghana, India, Liberia, Madagascar, Sierre Leone, Vanuatu
Call for inputs: UN report on "Raising their voices: human rights defenders respond to the human rights crisis"
NGO contributions to the stakeholder report for UPR 52 (May 4 - 15, 2026)
- Countries: Namibia, Niger, Mozambique, Estonia, Paraguay, Belgium, Denmark, Palau, Somalia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Latvia, Sierra Leone, Singapore
- Deadline: October 10, 2025
NEW: Submission of written information by NGOs to the 83rd session of the Committee against Torture
- Deadline: October 13, 2025
- Consideration of State Reports: Albania, Argentina, Bahrain, Israel - List of issues prior to reporting: Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda
NEW: Submission of written information by NGOs to the 116th session of the Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination
- Deadline: October 20, 2025
- Consideration of State Reports: Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden, Tunisia - List of issues prior to reporting: Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Panama, Tonga
NEW: Submission of written information by NGOs to the 41st session of the Committee on Migrant Workers
- Deadline: November 1, 2025
- Consideration of State Reports: Honduras, Indonesia, Mauritania - List of issues: Colombia - List of issues prior to reporting: Albania, Uganda
FUTURE EVENTS
September 8 - October 3, 2025, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
September 8 - 26, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Registration
- Consideration of State Reports: Chile, Colombia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Zimbabwe - List of issues: Eswatini, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Tunisia - Follow-up: El Salvador, Luxembourg
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Understanding How Indigenous Knowledge Contributes to Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review (English)
- Colonial History and Indigenous Voices (French)
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