June 2024 Deadlines: Call for Inputs by Human Rights Mechanisms

The following calls for inputs have been issued by UN Human Rights Mechanisms with deadlines in June 2024 and law professors whose practice, research, and/or scholarship touches on these topics may be interested in submission:

Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment – Call for inputs to inform the Special Rapporteur’s forthcoming thematic report, specifically to provide an initial assessment of the status of the implementation of the right including the most important advances, challenges, and opportunities for its effective implementation, as well as to advance the understanding of the impact of implementation through an intersectional lens. Deadline June 18, 2024. Read more.

Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children – Call for inputs to inform the Special Rapporteur’s forthcoming report on gender, peace, and security, particularly analyzing progress made on responding to trafficking of women, as well as recognising the gendered impact of conflict insecurity, including to LGBTQIA+ persons. Deadline June 20, 2024. Read more.

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Call for inputs the preparation of the 2024 report of the UN Secretary-General on the implementation of the UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/78/234, with special focus on how to address hate speech, systemic racism, the legacies of slavery and colonialism, and discrimination faced by those of African-descent and migrants/refugees. Deadline June 30, 2024. Read more.

Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity – Call for inputs to inform the Independent Expert’s report on AI and international solidarity, particularly regarding AI’s relationship to international solidarity, how AI is used to process cases/claims, algorithmic discrimination of vulnerable populations, oversight and education regarding AI, and efforts taken to reduce disinformation. Deadline June 30, 2024. Read more.  

The Committee on the Rights of the Child – Call for inputs to inform the drafting of comment No. 27 on children’s access to justice and effective remedies and to help clarify terms, approaches and actions States should take in order to implement the right of all children to access justice and effective remedies. Deadline June 30, 2024. Read more.  

This information was compiled from https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input-listing.