This is the 50th monthly info note by ILGA World on UN Special Procedures and sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).
This issue includes:
Call for inputs: African descent; Development; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Foreign debt; Health; Internally displaced persons; Mercenaries; Trafficking; Truth, justice, reparation and guarantees on non-recurrence; Sexual orientation and gender identity; Slavery; Unilateral coercive measures; Violence against women
Upcoming country visits: Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Tunisia
Join ILGA world in supporting LGBTI communities
The Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity has published a call for inputs on the right of LGBTI and gender non-conforming persons to the enjoyment of physical and mental health (deadline: 31 January 2021).
ILGA World is collecting information on this topic from all over the world to submit a joint report to the Independent Expert.
If you have any data on violence and discrimination based on SOGI to the enjoyment of the right to health and the realisation of SDG3, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Call for inputs
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Mandate |
Call |
Deadline |
Additional info |
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Working Group of experts on people of African descent |
Call for inputs: Country visit to Switzerland (planned in Jan 2022) |
7 Jan 2022
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Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence |
Call for submissions: Report on the roles and responsibilities of non-state actors (armed groups and other NSAs) in transitional justice processes |
14 Jan 2022 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression
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Call for inputs: Report on the opportunities, challenges and threats to media in the digital age (to inform the HRC thematic report) |
15 Jan 2022 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on health |
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18 Jan 2022 |
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons
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Call for inputs: Report on the limits of current legal and policy frameworks that contribute to risks of trafficking in persons in the agricultural sector (to be presented at the HRC 50 in Jun 2022) |
31 Jan 2022 |
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NEW!!! Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity |
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31 Jan 2022 |
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NEW!!! Independent Expert on foreign debt |
Call for inputs: Country visit to Pakistan (planned in May 2022) |
31 Jan 2022 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on violence against women |
Call for inputs: Report on violence against indigenous women and girls (to be presented at the HRC 50 in Jun 2022) |
31 Jan 2022 |
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Working Group on enforced disappearances |
Call for inputs: Study to mark the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
2 Feb 2022 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons |
Call for inputs: Report on the right of internally displaced persons to participate in elections (to be presented at the HRC 50 in Jun 2022) |
4 Feb 2022 |
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NEW!!! Special Rapporteur on slavery |
Call for inputs: Report on the experiences of migrant workers and persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities discriminated on the basis of work and descent (to be presented at the HRC 51 in Sep 2022) |
20 Feb 2022 |
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Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures |
Call for inputs: Reports on “secondary sanctions, civil and criminal penalties for circumvention of sanctions regimes” and “Unilateral sanctions in the cyber world”(to be presented at the HRC and GA) |
28 Feb 2022 |
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NEW!!! Working Group on mercenaries |
Call for inputs: Report on human rights violations perpetrated by mercenaries, mercenary related actors, and private military and security companies (to be presented at the HRC 51 in Sep 2022) |
28 Feb 2022 |
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Special Rapporteur on the right to development |
Call for inputs: Report on COVID-19 recovery policies in line with the 2030 Agenda and the right to development (to be presented at the HRC and the GA) |
1 Mar 2022 |
: requests information on LGBTI persons
Country visits by the Independent Expert on SOGI
The UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, undertakes 1 to 3 fact-finding country visits per year.
He visited Tunisia in 2021, Ukraine in 2019, and Georgia and Mozambique in 2018. In 2017, his predecessor Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn visited Argentina.
In March 2018, Victor Madrigal-Borloz made 12 country visit requests. On 4 July 2018 Malta invited the Independent Expert to visit their country. The Independent Expert also requested a visit to Japan (8 October 2019), Tunisia (19 November 2019), India and Colombia (both 7 January 2020), Cambodia (28 March 2020), and the United States of America (26 July 2021).
In this section, you may find information about current status of the requests. Up-to-date information about country visits may be found here.
If your country is planned for the Independent Expert’s visit and you wish to engage with ILGA on this, please contact us ([email protected]).
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Country |
Current status |
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Argentina* |
Visit conducted on 1-10 Mar 2017. |
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Armenia* |
Request to postpone (17 Apr 2018) |
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Burkina Faso |
Reminder visit request – for 2021 (17 Jan 2020) |
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Cambodia |
Proposed dates September 2021 (14 Dec 2020) |
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Colombia* |
Request to postpone (7 Apr 2020) |
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Georgia* |
Visit conducted on 25 Sep to 5 Oct 2018. |
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Ghana* |
Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020) |
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India* |
Visit request (7 Jan 2020) |
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Japan* |
Visit request for second half of 2020 (8 Oct 2019) |
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Kenya* |
Reminder visit request – for 2021 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Malta* |
Invitation Country Visit (4 Jul 2018) |
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Nepal |
Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Mozambique* |
Visit conducted on 3-10 Dec 2018. |
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Poland* |
Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Sri Lanka* |
Request to postpone to 2020 (2 Oct 2019). |
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Thailand* |
Reminder visit request – for 2020 (7 Jan 2020) |
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Tunisia* |
Visit conducted on 8 -18 Jun 2021 |
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Ukraine* |
Visit conducted on 30 Apr to 10 May 2019. |
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United States of America* |
Visit request – for the fourth quarter of 2022 (26 Jul 2021) |
* Countries with standing invitations. A standing invitation is an open invitation extended by a Government to all thematic special procedures. By extending a standing invitation States announce that they will always accept requests to visit from all special procedures.
Upcoming country visits by other mandates
This information is regularly updated by the OHCHR here.
To find out how you can support the visits, please contact the respective mandate-holders at their e-mail addresses, available here.
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Country |
Mandate |
Dates |
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POSTPONED!!! Mexico |
Internally displaced persons |
15-27 Mar 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Paraguay |
Minority issues |
24 May - 4 Jun 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Cyprus |
Disappearances |
21-30 Jun 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Singapore |
Terrorism |
12-19 Jul 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Mercenaries |
3-11 Oct 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Kyrgyzstan |
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1-12 Nov 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Mozambique |
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6- 21 Nov 2021 |
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POSTPONED!!! Serbia |
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15-24 Nov 2021 |
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Switzerland |
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Jan 2022 TBC |
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Tunisia |
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24 Jan - 4 Feb 2022 |
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Brazil |
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14-25 Feb 2022 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
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14-25 Feb 2022 |
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NEW!!! Costa Rica |
International solidarity |
21 Feb- 2 Mar 2022 |
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NEW!!! Netherlands |
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14 Mar-1 Apr 2022 |
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Mauritania |
Slavery |
4 - 13 May 2022 |
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NEW!!! Pakistan |
Foreign debt |
16-25 May 2022 |
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NEW!!! Algeria |
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12-22 Sep 2022 |
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Ethiopia |
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7-18 Nov 2022 |
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Pakistan |
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5-16 Dec 2022 |
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NEW!!! Ecuador |
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28 Aug- 3 Dec 2023 |
: Mandate frequently considers LGBTI issues