Opportunities for feminist engagement in UN human rights thematic reports and country visits: January - April 2026

You'll find in this post the most recent opportunities for feminist engagement in the UN human rights system from January to April 2026.

Calls for inputs for thematic reports:

• Call for input by the Independent Expert on older persons, focusing on business and the rights of older persons (by 31 January)
• Call for input by the Working Group on enforced disappearances focusing on enforced disappearances and memorialization (by 15 February)
• Two calls for input by the Working Group on the use of mercenaries, focusing on the use of mercenaries and private military and security companies in organized criminal activities and illicit networks, and on the use of technology in the operations and activities of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies (both by 15 February)
• Two calls for input by the Working Group on peasants, focusing on the right to seeds and on peasant territories on land and sea (by 19 February)
• Two calls for input by the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples focusing on violations of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of Indigenous women and girls and on demarcation, registration, and titling of Indigenous Peoples' lands, territories and resources (both by 20 February)
• Call for input by the Working Group on business and human rights, focusing on corporate governance (by 20 February)
• Call for input by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the impact of mental health challenges on the enjoyment of human rights by young people (by 20 February)
• Call for input by the Special Rapporteur on summary, extrajudicial or arbitrary executions, focusing on the death penalty and the prohibition of torture (by 28 February)
• Call for input by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform its annual report on the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers through transformative change for racial justice and equality (by 13 March)
• Call for input by the Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures focusing on the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the right to food (by 15 March)
• Call for input by the Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment, focusing on planning and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (by 30 March)
• Call for input by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, focusing on concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (by 30 April)

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

• Call for input by the Working Group on enforced disappearances for its follow-up report on Uruguay (by 20 March)
• Call for input by the Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, and reparations before visit to Nepal (by 30 January)
• Call for input by the Working group on discrimination against women and girls before its visit to Armenia from 16 to 25 March (by 30 January)
• Call for input by the Independent Expert on international solidarity before her visit to Finland from 19 to 28 May (by 1 May)