PHRGE interacts with the UN Special Procedures related to its areas of program interest. These interactions include submissions of reported human rights violations to the Special Rapporteurs and engagements with Special Rapporteur visits to the United States and other countries.

UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues

In November 2021, PHRGE and the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel submitted a report to the UN Special Rapportery on Minority Issues, “Access to Justice for Minorities and the Civil Right to Counsel.” 

UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

In December 2021, PHRGE, in collaboration with Siembra, Cosajuca, and The Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota, submitted a report to the UN Sepcial Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, “Lessons from Cajamarca, Columbia.”

UN  Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Visit to the United States

In 2017, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Professor Philip Alston, requested input from US civil society about human rights violations in the US in preparation for his upcoming visit. PHRGE partnered with several civil society organizations to prepare submissions on two topics, the human right to water and the right to counsel in civil matters. Professor Martha Davis spearheaded the process, and students from her “US Human Rights Advocacy” class drafted the submissions for the consideration of PHRGE and the partners listed below.

Here are the submissions that were sent to Mr. Alston in fall 2017: