A/HRC/22/47 November 2012. Separate reports on these visits have been submitted to the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council. Pending requests 7. As of December 2012, the Special Rapporteur has the following outstanding visit requests: Bahrain (2012), Belarus (2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011), Bhutan (2001, 2002), Burundi (2012), Cambodia (2012), Cameroon (2012), Chad (2002, 2003, 2004), China (2008, 2010), Dominican Republic (2012), Egypt (2003, 2008, 2010, 2012), Equatorial Guinea (2002), Fiji (2010, 2012), Indonesia (2012), Jamaica (2012), Kazakhstan (2011, 2012), Kenya (2003, 2004), Kyrgyzstan (2012), Malawi (2012), Malaysia (2002, 2010), Maldives (2006), Mexico (2011), Mozambique (2003, 2004), Namibia (2011), Nepal (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012), Oman (2012), Pakistan (2003, 2007, 2008, 2010), Philippines (2008, 2010, 2012), Russian Federation (2004, 2011), Saudi Arabia (2012), Senegal (2012), Singapore (2002, 2004), Sri Lanka (2008, 2010), Syrian Arab Republic (2008, 2010), Thailand (2012), Turkmenistan (2003, 2004), United Arab Emirates (2012), Uzbekistan (2001, 2004, 2007), Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (2007, 2008, 2010), Viet Nam (2012) and Zimbabwe (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011). The Special Rapporteur regrets that some of these requests are long-standing, and hopes that States will give due attention to all her requests in a timely manner. 8. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Governments of Mongolia and Turkey for having accepted her requests to visit in 2013. The modalities and dates of these visits are currently being negotiated. Concerning her request to visit Turkey, the Special Rapporteur hopes that sufficient time will be given to her in order to assess the situation of defenders in a thorough and impartial manner. C. Cooperation with the United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations 9. The Special Rapporteur has continued to place particular emphasis on cooperation with all bodies of the United Nations and other regional intergovernmental human rights organizations. 10. Following the publication of her online commentary to the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Declaration on human rights defenders) in July 2011, the Special Rapporteur applauds the fact that during 2012 unofficial translations were made by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network into Arabic and by the OHCHR offices in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico into Spanish. The Special Rapporteur is deeply grateful to the organizations concerned for their work in this regard, which will facilitate the dissemination of the commentary and the Declaration. Both unofficial translations and the original publication are available in the section on the work of the Special Rapporteur at the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).2 11. On 8-9 March 2012, the Special Rapporteur took part in the intermechanisms meeting, which was also attended by representatives of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The event took place in Geneva and was hosted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 2 4 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SRHRDefenders/Pages/SRHRDefendersIndex.aspx

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