The 71st Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 71) will convene at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, 13 September 2016.
The General Debate will open on Tuesday, 20 September 2016.
Archives: Events
Events to be listed on events calendar page(s)
International Day of Non-Violence
The International Day of Non-Violence is marked on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence.
According to General Assembly resolutionA/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to “disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness”. The resolution reaffirms “the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence” and the desire “to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence”.
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 59th session
19 September – 9 October, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Philippines, Poland, Tunisia
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), 58th session
6 June – 24 June, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Angola, Burkina Faso, France, Honduras, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UN Working Group on Discrimination, Country Visit: Kuwait
6 – 15 December, 2016
UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice
Country Visit to Kuwait
The Working Group undertakes country missions with the aim of examining the situation of discrimination against women in law and in practice at the national level, identifying good practices in the elimination of such discrimination and making recommendations to the Government to improve the protection of women’s human rights.
Human Rights Committee – 118th session
17 October – 4 November, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Azerbaijan, Colombia, Jamaica, Morocco, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Slovakia
Human Rights Committee – 117th session
20 June – 15 July, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Argentina, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ecuador, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Kuwait
65th CEDAW Committee session
24 October – 18 November, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Burundi, Canada, Estonia, Honduras, Netherlands, Switzerland
64th CEDAW Committee session
4-22 July 2016
States Parties reports:
Albania, France, Mali, Myanmar, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay
Human Rights Council – 32nd session
Human Rights Council – 32nd session
13 June – 1 July 2016
Palais des Nations, Room XX
The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them. It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.
The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The Human Rights Council replaced the formerUnited Nations Commission on Human Rights.