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CONTENTS >> UNITED NATIONS / Council of Europe
UNITED NATIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
58th session ■ 24 February – 4 April 2025
The programme includes interactive dialogues with Special Rapporteurs (Special Rapporteurs on torture, on the rights of persons with disabilities, on human rights and counter-terrorism), with the Commission of Inquiry & the High Commissioner on Ukraine, with the Group of Experts on Belarus, and a panel discussion on HIV response. The Council will also adopt UPR outcomes in respect of Norway, Albania, Portugal.
>> NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can be accredited to participate as Observers. See the session’s programme here and details on NGO participation here.
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
144th session ■ 25 June – 23 July 2025
The HRCttee will review the State reports of Latvia, North Macedonia and Spain. It will also adopt lists of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) in respect of Denmark, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Switzerland, and will review Armenia and Germany under the follow-up procedure
>> NGOs can provide input by 7 April 2025 on States under the follow-up procedure; by 28 April 2025 on LOIPR; by 26 May 2025 on State reports. See details here.
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
78th session ■ 8 September – 3 October 2025
The CESCR working group will examine reports submitted by the Netherlands and Russia. It will also adopt lists of issues in respect of Germany and Moldova and will consider Luxembourg under the follow-up procedure.
>> NGOs can submit information on lists of issues by 30 June 2025 and on State reports by 8 August 2025. See details on the session here.
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Department for the Execution of ECtHR Judgments
Country visits ■ Montenegro, Serbia
The DEJ will visit the following countries:
- Montenegro: 25-26 March 2025
- Serbia: 27 March 2025
- Greece: 1-2 April 2025
>> NGOs are invited to contact the DEJ before the visits. See the calendar here.
COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS
1531st DH Meeting ■ 10-12 June 2025
The following cases concerning prisoners’ rights will be reviewed:
- J.M.B. and Others v. France, no. 9671/15, 30 January 2020: Poor conditions of detention (overcrowding) and lack of an effective preventive remedy.
- László Magyar v. Hungary, no. 73593/10, 20 May 2014: Life sentence without parole in combination with the lack of an adequate review mechanism, life sentence with parole after 40 years.
- D v Latvia, no. 76680/17, 11 January 2024: Inhuman and degrading treatment inflicted on the applicant due to his position at the lowest level of an informal prisoner hierarchy in prisons between 2008 and 2017.
- Corallo v. the Netherlands, no. 29593/17, 9 October 2018: Poor conditions of detention on remand in Sint Maarten (Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) pending extradition proceedings.
- Mirando Magro v. Portugal, no. 30138/21, 9 January 2024:Inadequate conditions of detention and medical care of a mentally ill person, at a prison hospital’s psychiatric unit, pending placement in an appropriate mental health facility.
>> NGOs are invited to send their submissions preferably by 22 April 2025 See the full list of cases here.
European Committee of Social Rights
Comments on State Parties reports ■ First group of articles
Third-party organisations are invited to comment on reports submitted by States parties that have not accepted the collective complaints procedure (see list here), on a selected number of articles in the area of labour rights.
>> NGOs can submit information by 30 June 2025. See details here.
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Country visits ■ 2025
The CPT has announced it will visit the following countries in 2025: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Romania and Spain.
>> NGOs are invited to contact the Committee ahead of the visits. See the list of visits here.