Advocacy

UNITED NATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

144th session ■ 25 June – 23 July 2025

The HRCttee will review the State reports of Latvia, North Macedonia and Spain. It will also adopt lists of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) in respect of Denmark, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Switzerland.

>> NGOs can provide input by 28 April 2025 on LOIPR; by 26 May 2025 on State reports. See details here.

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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.

>> NGOs can submit information on lists of issues by 30 June 2025 and on State reports by 8 August 2025. See details on the session here.

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

51st session ■ January 2026

The UPR working group will review Austria and Georgia.

>> NGOs can submit information by 17 July 2025. See details on the session here and on NGO participation here.

UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

Country visits ■ 2025

The SPT announced visits to France and Serbia 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

COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

1531st DH Meeting ■ 10-12 June 2025

The following cases concerning prisoners’ rights will be reviewed:

• J.M.B. and Others v. France, no. 9671/15, 30 January 2020: Poor conditions of detention (overcrowding) and lack of an effective preventive remedy.
• László Magyar v. Hungary, no. 73593/10, 20 May 2014: Life sentence without parole in combination with the lack of an adequate review mechanism, life sentence with parole after 40 years.
• D v Latvia, no. 76680/17, 11 January 2024: Inhuman and degrading treatment inflicted on the applicant due to his position at the lowest level of an informal prisoner hierarchy in prisons between 2008 and 2017.
• Corallo v. the Netherlands, no. 29593/17, 9 October 2018: Poor conditions of detention on remand in Sint Maarten (Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) pending extradition proceedings.
• Mirando Magro v. Portugal, no. 30138/21, 9 January 2024:Inadequate conditions of detention and medical care of a mentally ill person, at a prison hospital’s psychiatric unit, pending placement in an appropriate mental health facility.
  
  >> NGOs are invited to send their submissions preferably by 22 April 2025 See the full list of cases here.

Department for the Execution of ECtHR Judgments

Country visits ■ Hungary

The DEJ will visit Hungary on 2 June 2025.

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

European Committee of Social Rights

Comments on State Parties reports ■ First group of articles

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.

>> NGOs can submit information by 30 June 2025. See details here.

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

Country visits ■ 2025

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

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