Annual Meetings

The Annual Meeting of Special Procedures, established in 1994 and typically scheduled for June, provides mandate holders with a platform to engage in discussions on shared concerns, coordinate their activities and engage with various stakeholders, including States and civil society organisations. Details on each Annual Meeting and guidance on submitting information or points for consideration by mandate holders are available in the respective meeting listings below.

The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, emphasised the significance of preserving and strengthening the special procedures system. It specifically highlighted the need for procedures and mechanisms to harmonise and rationalise their efforts through regular meetings (Part II, para. 95). The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was tasked with organising these periodic meetings of the special procedures by the Commission and the Human Rights Council, as outlined in CHR resolution 2004/76, extended by HRC decision 2/102.

Annual Meetings:

• 29th Annual Meeting, 12 to 16 June 2023
• 28th Annual Meeting, 6 to 10 June 2022
• 27th Annual Meeting, 31 August to 3 September 2021
• 26th Annual Meeting, 17 to 21 June 2019
• 25th annual meeting, from 4 to 8 June 2018
• 24th annual meeting, from 27 to 30 June 2017
• 23rd annual meeting, from 6 to 10 June 2016
• 22nd annual meeting, from 8 to 12 June 2015
• 21st annual meeting, from 29 September to 3 October 2014
• 20th annual meeting, from 24 to 28 June 2013
• 19th annual meeting, from 11 to 15 June 2012
• 18th annual meeting, from 27 June to 1 July 2011
• 17th annual meeting, from 28 June to 2 July 2010
• 16th annual meeting, from 29 June to 3 July 2009
• 15th annual meeting, from 23 to 27 June 2008
• 14th annual meeting, from 18 to 22 June 2007
• 13th annual meeting, from 19 to 23 June 2006
• 12th annual meeting, from 21- 25 of June 2005
• 11th annual meeting, from 21- 25 of June 2004
• 10th annual meeting, from 23 - 27 June 2003