The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is scheduled to hold its 57th session from July 20 to 24, but these dates remain unconfirmed. The session page and the session’s Indico calendar page should be consulted for any additional documentation or stakeholder information that becomes available as the session dates draw nearer. All public meetings will also be webcast on UN Web TV (Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture).

During the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, the Council is scheduled to adopt the outcomes of the 51st session of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), held in January 2026. The States whose outcomes are scheduled for adoption are Micronesia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Nauru, Rwanda, Nepal, Saint Lucia, Oman, Austria, Australia, Georgia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Sao Tome and Principe.

The documentation for each State’s review is available on the UPR section of the Human Rights Council’s website. NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC may be accredited to attend the plenary session as observers and, if inscribed on the speakers’ list, may make oral statements during the segment allocated for the adoption of UPR outcomes.

In July, one of the UN Human Rights Council’s special procedures will conclude a country visit (Special Procedures), and one will hold a session.

• The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is scheduled to conclude its visit to Guatemala on July 2.
• The UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) will hold its 19th session in Geneva from July 13 to 17. The deadline for in-person registration is July 3.

Please note that some of the UN special procedures have recently had to cancel or postpone country visits and sessions due to the ongoing liquidity crisis at the UN.

The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by its States parties. General Comments are authoritative interpretations issued by treaty bodies to clarify the scope and meaning of treaty provisions and the obligations of States parties. The Committee has issued a call for comments on its draft General Comment No. 38 on article 22 of the ICCPR, concerning the right to freedom of association. Deadline July 15.

In preparation for its 146th session, the Human Rights Committee is also accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform the Committee’s follow-up consideration of Bolivia, Iraq, Luxembourg, and Uruguay. The session page includes guidance on how to submit information to the Committee. Deadline July 27.

Finally, also in preparation for its 146th session, the Human Rights Committee is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform the Committee’s adoption of lists of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) for Bahrain, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, and Romania. The session page includes guidance on how to submit information to the Committee. Deadline August 24.

In preparation for its 118th session, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform its review of State reports from Finland, Honduras, India, and Kuwait. Deadline July 20.

In preparation for its 85th session, the Committee against Torture (CAT) is accepting written contributions from NGOs and other civil society actors to inform its adoption of lists of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) for Costa Rica, Denmark, and Slovenia. Deadline July 24.

At its 101st session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is scheduled to review Burkina Faso, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, the United Republic of Tanzania, and, subject to confirmation, Uganda. NGOs may submit additional information concerning these reviews by the new deadline of August 1. Submissions must be made through the new platform for alternative reports.

In preparation for its 103rd pre-sessional working group, the CRC is accepting alternative reports to inform its review of Sierra Leone, as well as its adoption of lists of issues for South Sudan (under the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict), Belize, and China (including Hong Kong and Macau); and lists of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) for Australia, Barbados, Lebanon, and Trinidad and Tobago. Deadline August 1.

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has issued a call for input on two Draft General Comments on article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, concerning situations of risk, including humanitarian emergencies. Deadline extended to August 3.

The CRPD has issued a second call for input on a Draft General Comment on article 29 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, concerning the right of persons with disabilities to participation in political and public life; Draft Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilities; and Draft Guidelines on identifying and addressing disability-based violence. Deadline extended to August 3.

Finally, in preparation for its 35th session, the CRPD is also expected to accept written contributions from organizations of persons with disabilities, NGOs, and other civil society actors through the OHCHR events platform. The session is scheduled to consider State reports from Chile, Lithuania, Qatar, Slovakia, and Sri Lanka, lists of issues for Burundi, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, and Romania, lists of issues prior to reporting for Gabon and San Marino, and a list of issues in the absence of a report for Guinea. Deadline July 20.

In preparation for its 31st session, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is accepting written contributions and requests for oral briefings in relation to first reports from Belize and Lesotho, and additional information concerning Armenia and Gabon. Deadline July 30.

• The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons has issued a call for input on “autonomy, participation and human dignity of older persons with cognitive impairment.” Deadline July 6.
• The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a call for input to inform a report to be presented before the UN General Assembly on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with a particular focus on economic rights and the impact of environmental damage on human rights. Deadline July 10.
• The UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) will be holding its 140th session in September. Those interested in meeting with the experts of the Working Group during the session should notify the Secretariat at the UN OHCHR via e-mail: [email protected]. Deadline August 15.
• The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment has issued a call for input to inform a thematic report on the situation of environmental human rights defenders. Deadline August 21.

• The UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) will hold its 19th session in Geneva, Switzerland in July 2026. Those interested in participating in person must register through the UN’s Indico system by July 3. Individuals who are unable to participate in person may still watch the meetings via UN Web TV (EMRIP).
• The UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (EMRTD) has issued a call for input from diverse stakeholders regarding the role of peace and security as conditions for the full enjoyment of human rights and the right to development. Deadline July 15. The deadline for this call for input was originally in April 2026, but has now been extended.
• The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine is seeking information and documentation, preferably by July 31, relevant to its investigation of alleged violations and abuses of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law, and related crimes in the context of the aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation. The call for submissions contains further instructions on how to share this information and identifies issues of particular interest to the Commission of Inquiry, including violations and crimes targeting children, recruitment of third-country nationals to serve in armed forces or weapon factories, and the impact of attacks on energy infrastructure on civilians.
• The Fact-Finding Mission on the situation in North and South Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (OFFMK) has issued a call for submissions of information related to alleged human rights violations and abuses committed in the context of the latest and ongoing escalation of hostilities in January 2025 in the provinces of North and South Kivu. No deadline specified.
• The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (COI-OPT/Israel) has issued a broad call for submissions of information concerning acts of killing and causing serious bodily or mental harm committed by any State or non-State actor since October 7, 2023. No deadline is specified, but this information will be used for a report that will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2026 and to the UN General Assembly during its 81st Session in October 2026.
• The UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar has issued a press release calling for all those who witnessed or have direct information about an airstrike on a boarding school complex in Thayat Tabin village, Kyauktaw Township in Rakhine State, on September 12, 2025 to please share their evidence. The press release contains further instructions on how to share information with the Mechanism. No deadline specified.
• The UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar has issued a call for information calling for anyone who witnessed or has direct knowledge of the airstrike on Mrauk U General Hospital in Rakhine State on December 10, 2025 to please share their knowledge of the incident. The call for information contains instructions on how to share information with the Mechanism. No deadline specified.