Opportunities for feminist engagement in the UN human rights system : May - June 2025

You'll find in this post the most recent opportunities for feminist engagement in the UN human rights system in May and June 2025.

Calls for inputs for thematic reports:

1. Call for input by the SR on cultural rights on AI and creativity (due by 5 May)
2. Call for input by the SR on counter-terrorism focusing on the impacts of administrative measures to counter terrorism (due by 9 May)
3. Call for input by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of the programme of activities under the Second International Decade for People of African Descent (due by 15 May)
4. Call for input by the SR on housing for a report on land and housing (due by 25 May)
5. Call for input by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to privacy in the digital age (due by 28 May)
6. Call for input by the SR on health for a report on health and care workers (due by 30 May)
7. Call for input by the Expert Mechanism on the right to development to inform its study "Climate Finance: Vulnerability and Responsibility" (due by 30 May)
8. Call for input by the SR on unilateral coercive measures on accountability, responsibility, redress and access to effective remedy for violations of rights caused by sanctions (due by 30 May)
9. Call for input by the IE on international solidarity on corporations and international solidarity (due by 10 June)
10. Call for input by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on biodiversity and human rights (due by 30 June)

Call for inputs for country visits & country-specific reports:

1. Call for input by the Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice and Law Enforcement ahead of visit to Belgium (deadline: 9 May)
2. Call for input by the IE on international solidarity ahead of visit to Finland (deadline: 10 May)
3. Call for input by the IE on an international democratic order ahead of visit to Iceland (deadline: 16 May)
4. Call for input by the SR on human rights defenders ahead of visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (deadline: 18 May)
5. Call for input by the SR on minority issues ahead of visit to Iraq (deadline: 23 May)
6. Call for input by the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls ahead of visit to Zimbabwe (deadline: 28 May)
7. Call for input by the SR on the rights of persons with disabilities ahead of visit to Colombia (deadline: 31 May)
8. Call for input by the SR on contemporary forms of slavery ahead of visit to Brazil (deadline: 3 June)
9. Other confirmed country visits are available on this page

Consultations and events

• The 4th Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement, focusing on systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system (5-9 May), which is taking place in person in Geneva, can be followed online on UN Web TV.