Docip's Weekly News No. 441
2025-04-04
APRIL 6 - 12, 2025
April 7 - 17, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
April 7 - May 2, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- Annotated provisional agenda
- Programme of work
- Registration
- Consideration of State Reports: Armenia, France, Mauritius, Monaco, Turkmenistan, Ukraine - List of issues: Pakistan, Tajikistan - LoIPR: Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro, State of Palestine, Uruguay
DEADLINES
Call for nominations of experts for the second IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services
Call for nominations of fellows for the second IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services
NGO contributions to the stakeholder report for UPR 50 (Oct - Nov 2025)
- Countries: Belarus, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Panama, Maldives, Andorra, Bulgaria, Honduras, United States of America, Marshall Islands, Croatia, Jamaica, Libya
- Deadline: April 7, 2025
NEW: Open Call: Support for young people defending climate and the territory in Latin America and the Caribbean
14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Call for session proposals
Call for inputs: UN report on environmental impact assessments, strategic environmental impact assessments and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Call for applications of the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples: 47th session of the World Heritage Committee
Call for applications for the UPR 50 Pre-Sessions (August 26 - 29, 2025)
- Countries: Belarus, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Panama, Maldives, Andorra, Bulgaria, Honduras, United States of America, Marshall Islands, Croatia, Jamaica, Libya
- Deadline: April 25, 2025
Call for inputs: UN report on Human Rights in the life cycle of Renewable Energy and Critical Minerals
Call for inputs: UN report on Labour Migration, Business and Human Rights
Call for inputs: UN report on human rights defenders working on climate change and a just transition
Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity: Call for inputs for the country visit to Finland (May 2025)
Call for inputs: UN report on land and the right to adequate housing
Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Call for inputs for the country visit to Zimbabwe (July/August 2025)
NEW: NGO contributions to the stakeholder report for UPR 51 (Jan - Feb 2026)
- Countries: Micronesia (Federated States of), Lebanon, Mauritania, Nauru, Rwanda, Nepal, Saint Lucia, Oman, Austria, Myanmar, Australia, Georgia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe
- Deadline: July 17, 2025
Call for inputs: UN Report on addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy
FUTURE EVENTS
April 21 - May 2, 2025, UNHQ, New York, USA
April 22 - May 9, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- Consideration of State Reports: Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Republic of Korea, Ukraine
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Land and resource rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Democratic Republic of Congo (French)
- Public participation in decision-making - How do states inform, consult with and obtain free, prior and informed consent from rights-holders (English)
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