Joint submission to the 2023 Annual Meeting of Special Procedures

This joint submission was prepared to inform the 29th Annual Meeting of Special Procedures in June 2023 and provides good practices and recommendations for civil society participation in the work of Special Procedures. It was endorsed by:

1. #EmptyChairs Campaign
2. Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
3. Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man
4. Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)
5. Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
6. Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
7. Center for Reproductive Rights
8. Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
9. CREA
10. International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World)
11. International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
12. International Service for Human Rights
13. RFSL - The Swedish Federation for LGBTIQ Rights
14. Sexual Rights Initiative
15. Stichting CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality
16. UN Program, Occidental College, USA
17. Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF)