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Calls for input and comments

On this page you will find a list of opportunities to provide input and/or feedback to the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the various human rights mechanisms it supports. Depending on the call, invited parties may include Member States, international organizations, national human rights institutions, NGOs and civil society organizations, academics, individuals, and others. Please see each call for details.

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Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt

Call for contributions: International debt architecture reform and human rights

Deadline: 15-05-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on torture

Call for Input to the SR Torture report on “Accountability for Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment”

Deadline: 15-05-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers

Gender equality in the judiciary

Deadline: 28-05-2021

Report on "the right to privacy in the digital age"

Deadline: 28-05-2021

Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Central African Republic

Call for contributions on "youth, education and vocational training" in the context of the conflict situation in the Central African Republic

Deadline: 30-05-2021

Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

Call for inputs from the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for his report to be presented at the 76th session of the General Assembly

Deadline: 30-05-2021

Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues

Minorities, Equal Participation, Social and Economic Development, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Deadline: 04-06-2021

Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

Call for inputs - report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on armed conflict

Deadline: 08-06-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

Call for input: Report on Respecting, Protecting and Fulfilling the Right to Freedom of Thought

Deadline: 09-06-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

The right to sexual and reproductive health – Challenges and Possibilities during COVID-19

Deadline: 10-06-2021

Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

Report on COVID-19 and multilateralism

Deadline: 18-06-2021

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Day general discussion on "the rights of indigenous women and girls"

Deadline: 18-06-2021

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

Report on the Human Rights Dimensions of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building in the Counter-Terrorism and Countering / Preventing Violent Extremism Arenas

Deadline: 30-06-2021

Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

Call for inputs from the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for his report to be presented at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council

Deadline: 31-07-2021

Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development

Thematic studies of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development

Deadline: 31-12-2021

Closed

The calls listed below have closed within the last 30 days.

2021 Call for submissions pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/46/L.26 on Cooperation with Georgia

Closed on: 14-05-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children

Gender dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children and the importance of integrating a human rights-based and a non-binary approach to combating and eradicating sale and sexual exploitation of children

Closed on: 10-05-2021

Independent Expert on human rights and the environment

Call for Inputs Healthy and Sustainable Food: Reducing the Environmental Impacts of the Global Food System on Human Rights

Closed on: 01-05-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine

Call for Submissions: legal status of Israeli settlements under the Rome Statute

Closed on: 30-04-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women

Call for inputs – Report on femicide

Closed on: 30-04-2021

Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights

Call for submission, “The lifecycle of plastics and human rights”

Closed on: 21-04-2021

Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

The Role of Organised Criminal Groups with regard to Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Closed on: 16-04-2021

Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

Call for input to report on mandate planning and report on water commodification

Closed on: 15-04-2021

See also

Protecting and promoting civic space

Special Procedures: Consultations, calls for input and reports