FORUM is together with partner organisations active in international advocacy.Our objective is to inform the UN bodies as well as the Council of Europe organs about the (non)imlementation of international human rights obligations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and thus contribute to the adoption of informed and targeted recommendations:
UN Human Rights Committee
- NGO information to the UN Human Rights Committee for consideration when compiling the list of issues concerning the implementation of rights of person with disabilities in Slovakia (2015)
- NGO information to the UN Human Rights Committee for consideration when compiling list of issues on immigration detention of families with minor children and other harmful detention practices in Slovakia (2015)
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from FORUM on poverty, children rights and rights of transgender persons in the Czech Republic (2020)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from FORUM and VALIDITY on persons with disabilities in the Czech Republic (2020)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from FORUM and Organisation for Aid to Refugees on the situation of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in the Czech Republic (2020)
UN Committee against Torture (CAT)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture from FORUM and OPU on migrants and asylum-seekers in the Czech Republic (2021)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture from FORUM, VALIDITY and Inclusion Czech Republic on persons with disabilities in the Czech Republic (2021)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture from FORUM on the righst of children in conflict with law, children deprived of liberty and children facing poverty and social exclusion in the Czech Republic (2021)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture from FORUM and TRANS*PARENT on forced medical treatment and sterilisation of transgender persons in the Czech Republic (2021)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture from FORUM and ICJ on the access to a lawyer and presence of a lawyer for children below the age of criminal responsibility in the Czech Republic (2018)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture from FORUM and Organisation for Aid to Refugees on immigration detention of families with children in the Czech Republic (2018)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture from FORUM and VALIDITY on persons with disabilities in the Czech Republic (2018)
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination aginst Women concerning situation of women with disabilities in the Czech Republic (2016)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination aginst Women concerning the situation of migrant women in the Czech Republic (2016)
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- Aternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the situtation of chidren with disabilities in Slovakia (2016)
- Aternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the immigration detention of families with children and the situation of unaccompanied minors in Slovakia (2016)
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concerning the Czech Republic (2015)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concerning Slovakia (2015)
- Alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from FORUM and VALIDITY concerning the Czech Republic (2019)
European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR)