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UNITED NATIONS

Human Rights CoUNCIL

62nd sessions ■ 15 June – 7 July 2026

The programme includes interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteurs on the right to health, freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, the situation of human rights in Belarus, and the independence of judges and lawyers. There will also be presentations of the High Commissioner’s reports on cooperation with Georgia and on Ukraine, as well as of the Secretary-General’s interim report on the human rights situation in Crimea. Lastly, the UPR outcomes for Austria and Georgia will be adopted.

>> NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can be accredited to participate as observers. See details here.

Human Rights Committee

Call for input ■ Right to Freedom of Association

The Committee is seeking input on its Draft General Comment No. 38 on Article 22 on the right to freedom of association.

>> Submit by 30 June 2026. See details here.

COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

31st session ■ 14 – 24 September 2026

The CED will examine Armenia‘s report and adopt List of priority themes (LOTs) in respect of Italy.

>> Submit by 30 June 2026 for LOTs and by 30 July 2026 for reports. See details here.

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

35th session ■ 12 – 27 August 2026

The CRPD will examine the reports of the Lithuania and Slovakia, and will adopt List of issues (LOIs) in respect of Latvia and Romania.

>> Submit by 12 July 2026 (tbc). See details here.

Universal Periodic Review

54th session ■ January – February 2027

The UPR Working Group will review State reports submitted by Iceland, Lithuania, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

>> Submit by 17 July 2026. See details here.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

146th session ■ 19 October – 6 November 2026

The Committee will review Working Group will review Austria‘s report and will adopt Lists of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) for the Czech Republic and Romania. It will also examine Luxembourg under the Follow-up procedure.

>> Submit by 27 July 2026 for Follow-up reports, by 24 August 2026 for LOIPR and by 21 September 2026 for State reports. See details here.

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

80th session ■ 2 – 13 November 2026

The CESCR will examine Austria‘s report, will adopt List of issues in respect of Estonia and Slovakia, and examine Portugal under the Follow-up procedure.

>> Submit by 3 September 2026 for State reports, and by 2 October 2026 for State reports and Follow-up reports. See details here.

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Department for the Execution of Judgments of the ECtHR

Country visits ■ 2026

The Department will visit Germany on 18 June 2026.

>> NGOs may wish to contact the Department ahead of the visit to maximise impact. See the list of visits here.

European Committee OF SOCIAL RIGHTS

Call for input ■ Call for input on State reports

The ECSR invites third-party organisations, including NGOs, to submit comments on State reports on labour rights. This reporting is limited to States Parties that have accepted the collective complaints procedure and to a specific group of rights.

>> Submit by 30 June 2026. See details here.

COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

1569th Meeting (DH) ■ 15 – 17 September 2026

The CMCE will examine the state of execution of the following ECtHR judgments concerning prison issues:

• Norway | Failure to safeguard the life of a person suffering from psychiatric disorders who died by suicide in an ordinary pre-trial detention; lack of an effective remedy to determine the alleged failures and obtain damages (Haugen v. Norway, no. 59476/21, 15 October 2024).
• Portugal | Inadequate conditions of detention and medical care of a mentally ill person in a prison hospital’s psychiatric unit, pending placement in an appropriate mental health facility (Miranda Magro v. Portugal, no. 30138/21, 9 January 2024).
• Russia | Various violations of the Convention in the context of the armed conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation in August 2008 (Georgia v. Russia (IV), no. 38263/08, 9 April 2024).
• Ukraine | Various violations related to lack of adequate medical treatment in detention and lack of effective remedies, failure to comply with interim measures indicated under Rule 39 to provide the applicants with adequate medical care and failure to protect the right to life of individuals by denying urgent hospitalisation (Logvinenko v. Ukraine (group), no. 13448/07, 14 October 2020; Isayev v. Ukraine (group), no. 28827/02, 28 May 2009; Kats and Others v. Ukraine (group), no. 29971/04, 18 December 2008).
• Ukraine | Poor material conditions of detention in pre-trial detention centres, police stations and prisons, during transportation between detention facilities or to courts, and lack of effective preventive and compensatory remedies in all these respects as well as force-feeding (Sukachov. Ukraine, no. 14057/17, 30 January 2020; Nevmerzhitsky v. Ukraine (group), no. 54825/00, 5 April 2005; Yakovenko v. Ukraine (group), no. 15825/06, 25 October 2007; Melnik v. Ukraine (group), no. 72286/01, 28 March 2006).

>> Submit preferably by 28 July 2026. See full list of cases here.

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Country visits ■ 2026/2027

The CPT will visit the following countries in 2026: Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom.

It has also planned to visit the following countries in 2027: Albania, Andorra, Croatia, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Türkiye.

>> NGOs may wish to contact the Committee ahead of the visits to maximise impact. See the list of visits for 2026 here and the list of countries to be visited in 2027 here.

EUROPEAN UNION

EUROPEAN UNION DRUGS AGENCY

Public consultation ■ Strategy 2030

The EUDA is seeking input for its 2030 strategy.

>> Submit by 3 July 2026. See details here.