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CONTENTS >> UNITED NATIONS / Council of Europe / EUROPEAN UNION
UNITED NATIONS
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
Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
Call for input ■ Strategic Priorities and Vision-Setting
The SR Freedex is seeking input to inform the 2027 vision-setting report and the development of the mandate’s strategic priorities for the period 2026-2029, to be presented to the Human Rights Council in June 2027.
>> Submit by 31 October 2026. See details here.
Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Call for input ■ LGBT persons deprived of liberty
The IE SOGI has published a call for input on the situation of LGBT persons deprived of liberty. The inputs received will inform the IE’s report to be presented at the 65th session of the Human Rights Council.
>> Submit by 30 November 2026. See details here.
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Department for the execution of ECtHR judgments
Country visits ■ Hungary
The Department will visit Hungary on 24 – 26 November 2026.
>> See list of visits here.
COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS
1577th DH meeting ■ 1 – 3 December 2026
The Committee of Ministers will examine the state of implementation of the following judgments concerning prisoners’ rights:
- Greece | Prison overcrowding, poor material detention conditions and lack of effective domestic remedy in this respect (Nisiotis v. Greece, no. 34704/08, 10 February 2011)
- Moldova | Lack of adequate medical care in prison, lack of effective domestic in this respect, lack of sufficient reasons for prolongation of pre-trial detention (Cosovan v. Moldova, no. 13472/18, 20 March 2022)
- Russia | Administrative practices implemented by Russia in occupied Crimea, resulting in multiple of violations of the Convention, including enforced disappearances, ill-treatment, inadequate detention conditions, transfer of prisoners from Crimea to Russia (Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea), no. 20958/14, 25 June 2024)
- Russia | Administrative practices in occupied territory of Ukraine resulting in grave human rights violations perpetrated by Russian or Russian-controlled forces, including extrajudicial killings, torture and inhuman and degrading treatment, appalling conditions of detention, forced labour, forced transfer of civilian prisoners (Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, no. 8019/16, 9 July 2025). According to the Committee of Ministers’ annual report, this DH meeting will specifically examine the issue of forced transfers of prisoners.
- Russia | Various violations relating to the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova, including death in prison due to inadequate medical care, inhuman and degrading conditions of detention, ill-treatment in prison (Mozer v. Russia, no. 11138/10, 23 February 2016)
- Türkiye | Absence of a review mechanism for whole life sentence (Gurban v. Türkiye, no. 4947/04, 15 December 2015)
>> Submit preferably by 13 October 2026. See the list of cases here.
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
Victims’ rights ■ Public consultation
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the new EU Victims’ Rights Strategy, currently under preparation.
>> Contribute by 5 November 2026. See details here.