Summary: A guide to which Special Procedure Mandate-Holders are visiting which countries in 2012.
CRIN's Special Procedures main page To find out more about Special Procedures, latest news, which country and thematic mandates currently exist, together with our children's rights extract reports and wider analysis: You can also subscribe to our new "Children's Rights at the UN" monthly CRINMAIL, which details all the latest news on the work of the Special Procedure mandate-holders. Special Procedure Visits in 2012 January Italy North Korea El Salvador Israel February Georgia Morocco Bahrain (postponed) Solomon Islands Marshall Islands Papua New Guinea India April United Arab Emirates Russia India United States May Canada Tajikistan June Brazil Turkey Rwanda Kazahkstan Kiribati / Tuvalu Cameroon Guatemala Cote D'Ivoire August El Salvador Chile Guatemala Honduras September Ecuador Pakistan Morocco Bosnia and Herzegovina Namibia Kazakhstan Tunisia United Kingdom Hungary Italy Mongolia Bosnia and Herzegovina November Canada Philippines Tunisia Croatia Iran Japan Ireland El Salvador Thailand Turkey Greece Uruguay Mongolia Madagascar Azerbaijan Visits scheduled for 2013
Panama Venezuela Spain Kyrgyz Republic India Brazil Madagascar To view the list of Special Procedure visits for 2011, click here. Further information
SP on violence against women (15 - 26 January 2012)
CRIN's page Italy
SP on North Korea will visit Japan (16 - 20 January 2012)
CRIN's page on North Korea
WG on arbitrary detention (23 Jan - 1 Feb 2012)
CRIN's page on El Salvador
SP on adequate housing (30 Jan - 12 Feb 2012)
CRIN's page on Israel
SP on assembly and association (6 - 13 February 2012)
CRIN's page on Georgia
Honduras
SP on human rights defenders (7 - 14 February 2012)
CRIN's page on Honduras
Uruguay
SP on water and sanitation (13 - 17 February 2012)
CRIN's page on Uruguay
WG on discrimation against women in law and in practice (13 - 20 February 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Morocco
March
SP on torture (8 - 17 March 2012)
CRIN's page on Bahrain
SR on violence against women (12 - 16 March 2012)
CRIN's page on Solomon Islands
SR on toxic waste (13 - 16 March 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Marshall Islands
SP on violence against Women (18 - 26 March 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Papua New Guinea
SP on extrajudiical, summary or arbitary executions (19 - 30 March)
CRIN's page on India
SR on trafficking in persons (8 - 11 April 2012)
CRIN's page on UAE
IE on cultural rights (15 - 27 April 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Russia
SP on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (16 - 27 April 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on India
Tunisia
SP on education (23 April - 5 May 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Tunisia
SR on indigenous people (23 April - 4 May 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on US
SP on right to food (7 - 15 May 2012)
CRIN's page on Canada
Azerbaijan
SP on health (16 - 23 Mary 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Azerbaijan
SP on right to health (24 May - 1 June 2012)
CRIN's page on Tajikistan
Independent Expert on solidarity (25 - 29 June 2012)
Visit CRIN's page Brazil
SP on migrants (25 - 30 June 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Turkey
July
SP on housing (5 - 13 July 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Rwanda
SP on slavery (10 - 20 July 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Kazahkstan
SP on water (13 - 28 July 2012)
Visit CRIN's pages on Kirabati / Tuvalu
SR on food (16 - 23 July 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Cameroon
SR on independence of judges and lawyers (17 - 20 July 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Guatemala
SR on internally displaced persons (23 July - 1 August 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Cote D'Ivoire
SR on indigenous people (13 - 16 August 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on El Salvador
Working Group on disappearances (13 - 21 August 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Chile
SR on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (20 - 29 August 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Guatemala
SP on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (30 August - 7 September 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Honduras
SR on education (10 - 17 September 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Ecuador
Working Group on disappearances (10 - 20 September 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Pakistan
SR on torture (15 - 22 September 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Morocco
IE on minority issues (17 - 25 September 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Bosnia and Herzegovina
SR on indigenous people (20 - 28 September 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Namibia
SR on slavery (24 September - 1 October 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Kazakhstan
SR on human rights defenders (27 September - 5 October 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Tunisia
Working Group on African Descent (1 - 5 October 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on the United Kingdom
SP on toxic waste (4 - 12 October 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Hungary
SP on migrants (1 - 8 October 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Italy
WG on transnational corporations and business enterprises (8 - 19 October 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Mongolia
SP on Violence against Women (28 October - 5 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Bosnia and Herzegovina
SP on extreme poverty (5 - 15 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Canada
SP on trafficking (5 - 9 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Philippines
SP on truth (10- 16 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Tunisia
SP on Violence against Women (7 - 16 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Croatia
SP on Iran will visit diaspora in Sweden, Germany and Norway from 11 - 22 November 2012
Visit CRIN's page on Iran
Sudan
SP on internally displaced persons (14 - 23 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Sudan
SR on health (15 - 26 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Japan
SP on human rights defenders (19 - 23 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Ireland
SP on Independence of judges and lawyers (19 - 26 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on El Salvador
SR on water and sanitation (21 - 27 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Thailand
SR on summary executions (26 - 30 November 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Turkey
SR on migrants (26 November - 3 December 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Greece
December
SR on torture (2 - 6 December 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Uruguay
SR on extreme poverty (3 - 10 December 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Mongolia
SR on slavery (10 - 20 December 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Madagascar
WG on arbitrary detention (3 - 12 December 2012)
Visit CRIN's page on Azerbaijan
WG on people of African descent (14 - 18 January 2013)
Visit CRIN's page on Panama
SR on right to food (15 - 22nd January 2013)
CRIN's page on Venezuela
SR on racism (21 - 28 January 2013)
Visit CRIN's page on Spain
United States
WG on business and human rights (28 January - 1 February 2013)
Visit CRIN's page on the United States
SR on sale of children (15 - 26 April 2013)
Visit CRIN's page on Kyrgyz Republic
SR on violence against women (22 April - 1 May 2013)
Visit CRIN's page on India
SR on water and sanitation (10 - 18 July 2013)
Visit CRIN's page on Brazil
SR on sale of children (15 - 26 July 2013)
Visit CRIN's page on Madagascar
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