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CONTENTS >> UNITED NATIONS / Council of Europe / EUROPEAN UNION
UNITED NATIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
146th session ■ 19 October – 6 November 2026
The Committee will review Austria‘s report and adopt Lists of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR) for the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Portugal, and Romania.
>> Submit by 24 August 2026 for LOIPR and by 21 September 2026 for State reports. See details here.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Call for input ■ Right of persons with disabilities
The OHCHR is seeking input for its thematic study on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The study will be presented at the 64th session of the Human Rights Council.
>> Send your input by 1 September 2026. 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 Lists of Issues (LOI) in respect of Estonia and Slovakia, and examine Portugal under the follow-up procedure.
>> Submit by 3 September 2026 for LOI, and by 2 October 2026 for State reports and follow-up reports. See details here.
Human Rights CoUNCIL
63rd session ■ 7 September – 9 October 2026
The programme includes interactive dialogues with the Working Groups on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and on Arbitrary Detention, and with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence. It will also feature discussions on country situations, including oral updates by the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus and by the High Commissioner on Ukraine, as well as interactive dialogues with the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia. Lastly, the Universal Periodic Review outcomes for Belgium, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia will be adopted.
>> NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can be accredited to participate as observers. See details here.
Committee Against Torture
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
European Committee for the Prevention of TortUre and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Country visits ■ 2026/2027
The CPT has scheduled visits to the following countries in 2026: Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, Serbia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
It has also announced visits to those countries in 2027: Albania, Andorra, Croatia, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Türkiye.
>> See list of visits for 2026 on the CPT’s main page, and list of visits for 2027 here.
EUROPEAN UNION
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Call for expression of interest ■ Civil Society Platform
The Commission has launched a call for expression of interest for NGOs interested in joining the Civil Society Platform, established under the EU Civil Society Strategy.
>> Send your application by 3 August 2026. See the Call for expression of interest here and the Terms of reference here.