Docip's Weekly News No. 465
19.09.2025
SEPTEMBER 21 - 27, 2025
September 8 - October 3, 2025, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
September 8 - 26, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- Annotated Provisional Agenda
- Programme of Work
- Information note for stakeholders
- 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
September 22 - October 2, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
DEADLINES
Vacancy announcement for the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
Vacancy announcement for the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
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 proposals for the 2026 Indigenous Youth Fellowship (Cultural Survival)
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
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
Call for applications: OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program 2026 - Portuguese speaking countries
2026 UN Water Conference - Second Global Online Stakeholder Consultation
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: Call for inputs: Report on freedom of religion or belief in relation to death and the honouring of the deceased
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
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
FUTURE EVENTS
November 3 - 7, 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
November 3 - 14, 2025, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- States under review: Belarus, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Panama, Maldives, Andorra, Bulgaria, Honduras, United States of America, Marshall Islands, Croatia, Jamaica, Libya
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Roots of resistance: Documenting the global struggles of defenders protecting land and environmental rights (English | Spanish)
- Indigenous Peoples in Right-Wing Libertarian Argentina: Indigenous Peoples' rights and state setbacks (Spanish)
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