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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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Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Study on “Treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, between indigenous peoples and States, including peace accords and reconciliation initiatives, and their constitutional recognition.”
Deadline: 31-01-2022

Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Trafficking of persons in the agricultural sector
Deadline: 31-01-2022

Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt
Call for inputs: Country visit to Pakistan (16-25 May 2022)
Deadline: 31-01-2022

Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Report to the UN Human Rights Council on the realisation of the right of persons affected by violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Deadline: 31-01-2022

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: 02-02-2022

WG on Disappearances
Call for inputs in view of the special initiative marking the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Deadline: 02-02-2022

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Report on “The militarization of indigenous land: a human rights focus.”
Deadline: 07-02-2022

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Report on internet shutdowns and human rights to the fiftieth session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022
Deadline: 10-02-2022

Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Call for submissions on Tunisia in advance of visit
Deadline: 11-02-2022

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Reports on the issue of child, early and forced marriage (General Assembly resolution 75/167 and Human Rights Council resolution 41/8)
Deadline: 15-02-2022

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Call for input: Report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the realization of the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl (47/5)
Deadline: 18-02-2022

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Call for inputs for the annual report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Council
Deadline: 18-02-2022

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Call for inputs into the High Commissioner’s report on Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS
Deadline: 20-02-2022

Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Call for input to report on contemporary forms of slavery as affecting persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minority communities
Deadline: 22-02-2022

Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Call for input to the High Commissioner report on the practical application of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to the activities of technology companies
Deadline: 23-02-2022

Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Call for inputs from the mandate of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises for its report to be presented at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council
Deadline: 24-02-2022

Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Knowledge and implementation of the Minnesota Protocol
Deadline: 25-02-2022

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: 25-02-2022

Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures
Call for input to reports on “secondary sanctions, civil and criminal penalties for circumvention of sanctions regimes, and over-compliance with sanctions” and “Unilateral sanctions in the cyber world”
Deadline: 28-02-2022

Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Report on victims of mercenaries, mercenary related actors, and private military and security companies
Deadline: 28-02-2022

Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
https://www-edit.in.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/SRRacism/Pages/combating-glorification-nazism-2022-HRC.aspx
Deadline: 28-02-2022

Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Call for inputs - COVID recovery plans and policies and the right to development
Deadline: 01-03-2022

Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Report on SDGs and the fight against racial discrimination: Call for input
Deadline: 01-03-2022

Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights
Call for submissions “Mercury, artisanal and small-scale gold mining and human rights”
Deadline: 07-03-2022

Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Call for input to report on contemporary forms of slavery in the informal economy
Deadline: 15-03-2022

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

Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Call for contributions: Violence and its impact on the right to health
Closed on: 18-01-2022

WG on the Right to Development
Call for comments and textual suggestions: Draft Convention on the Right to Development
Closed on: 16-01-2022

Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Roles and responsibilities of non-state actors in transitional justice processes
Closed on: 14-01-2022

Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
Thematic studies of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
Closed on: 31-12-2021

Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
2022 reports: indigenous peoples and people living in rural areas
Closed on: 31-12-2021
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