Advocacy

You will find here the most important advocacy opportunities at the European and international
levels through which civil society actors can have a stronger impact on prison policies across
the continent. This page is updated monthly.

If you want to work on a common initiative related to one or several topics listed below, please contact us at community@prisonlitigation.org


UNITED NATIONS


59th session 16 June-11 July 2025

The draft programme includes interactive dialogues with special rapporteurs (Belarus, Health, Judges and Lawyers), a series of events on Ukraine (a presentation of the High Commissioner’s report, a presentation of the interim report of the Secretary General on human rights in the temporarily occupied territories, and a report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on his visit to Ukraine), as well as the adoption of UPR conclusions in respect of Italy, San Marino, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

>> NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can be accredited to participate as Observers. See the session’s programme here and details on NGO participation here.

Call for input Access to Justice and to an Effective Remedy

The CRC is seeking input on its draft General Comment No. 27 on the right of children to access to justice and to an effective remedy

>> Submit by 30 June 2025. See details here.

21st PSWG & 33rd session 1-5 September 2025 & 11-29 August 2025

At the 21st pre-sessional working group, the CRPD will consider State reports submitted by Iceland, Ireland and Latvia. It will also examine Cyprus without a State report and will adopt a List of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) in respect of Luxembourg.

At the 33rd session, it will review the State report submitted by Finland.

>> Submit by 20 June 2025 for the 21st PSWG and by 4 July 2025 for the 33rd session. See details on the session here.

78th session 8 September – 3 October 2025

The CESCR working group will examine reports submitted by the Netherlands and Russia. It will also adopt lists of issues in respect of Germany and Moldova and will consider Luxembourg under the follow-up procedure.

>> Submit by 30 June 2025 for lists of issues and by 8 August 2025 for State reports. See details on the session here.

51st session January 2026

The UPR working group will review Austria and Georgia.

>> Submit by 17 July 2025. See details on the session here and on NGO participation here.

145th session 13 October – 7 November 2025

The Committee will review State reports from Moldova and Slovakia, and will adopt Lists of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) in respect of Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic and Hungary. It will also review Ukraine under the follow-up procedure.

>> Submit by 21 July 2025 for the follow-up procedure, by 18 August 2025 for LOIPR, and by 15 September 2025 for State reports. See details on the session here.

Country visits 2025

The SPT will visit Serbia on 15-21 June.

It also announced a visit to France in 2025.

>> NGOs are encouraged to contact the Subcommittee in advance of visits. See the press release here and the calendar of visits here.


COUNCIL OF EUROPE


Country visits Hungary

The DEJ will visit Hungary on 2 June 2025 and Italy on 24-25 June 2025.

>> NGOs are invited to contact the DEJ before the visits. See the calendar here.

High-level conference & Comments on State Parties reports

In the context of the Moldovan Presidency of the Committee of Ministers (November 2025-May 2026), a high-level conference on the European Social Charter will take place in Chișinău on 18-19 March 2026.
A call for contributions has been launched to help shape the conference programme and resolution, as well as a new Action Plan for 2026-2030.

>> Contribute by 15 June 2025. See details here.

Third-party organisations are invited to comment on reports submitted by States parties that have not accepted the collective complaints procedure (see list here), on a selected number of articles in the area of labour rights.

>> Submit by 30 June 2025. See details here.

Country visits 2025

The CPT has announced it will visit the following countries in 2025: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Germany, Greece and Montenegro.

>> NGOs are invited to contact the Committee ahead of the visits. See the list of visits here.


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