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CONTENTS >> UNITED NATIONS / Council of Europe / EUROPEAN UNION
UNITED NATIONS
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 List of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) in respect of 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 ■ 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.
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
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