The main international organisations promoting and protecting human rights have bodies operating in their respective headquarters (Geneva/New York; Strasbourg; Brussels/Vienna) which, after activating a specific formal procedure (known as a standing invitation), visit the Member State in order to assess the overall human rights situation in that Country. At the end of the Country visit, they elaborate a report which is published and disseminated. CIDU is responsible for preparing the necessary materials and for planning and coordinating these visits. At the end of each visit, it hosts a debriefing meeting at which the monitoring body expresses its initial observations, which are then reproduced in the its report.
The most recent visits are listed below:
- 11-12 April 2023 Visit to Italy by the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders;
- 18-22 September 2023 Visit to Italy by the FRA Director;
- 23–27 October 2023. Visit to Italy by the ECRI Delegation;
- 2-12 April 2024 Visit to Italy by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT);
- 2-10 May 2024 Visit to Italy by the by the United Nations International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance racial Justice and Equality (EMLER);
- 7-11 April 2025 Visit to Italy by the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities;
- 1-12 September 2025 Visit to Italy by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).