A/HRC/22/47 12. On 26 June 2012, the Special Rapporteur participated in the annual full-day discussion on women’s human rights at the twentieth session of the Human Rights Council, in a panel discussion concerning women human rights defenders. 13. From 27 September to 5 October 2012, the Special Rapporteur conducted a joint country visit to Tunisia with the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders in Africa, of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, resulting in a joint statement at the end of the visit.3 The observations and recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur are presented to the Human Rights Council as an annex to the current report (A/HRC/22/47/Add.2). 14. The Special Rapporteur was scheduled to present her fifth report to the General Assembly (A/67/292) on 29 October 2012. Due to Hurricane Sandy, the Special Rapporteur regretfully had to cancel her participation at the General Assembly, and the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights kindly read out her statement on 2 November 2012. The report focused on the use of legislation to regulate the activities on human rights defenders, including the most common restrictions faced by human rights defenders in the context of different sorts of legislation. The report provided recommendations to States to ensure legislation respects the rights of defenders, as well as guidance on procedural and other safeguards to be followed in the implementation of legislation. D. Invitations by Governments 15. From 6 to 8 June 2012, the Special Rapporteur, together with other independent experts, participated in a seminar entitled “Human Rights Defenders and Peaceful Protests�� organized by the Governments of Norway and Switzerland in cooperation with the International Service for Human Rights, which was held in Oslo, Norway. The Special Rapporteurs present issued a joint statement on human rights defenders and peaceful protests following the meeting.4 E. Cooperation with non-governmental organizations 16. The Special Rapporteur continued the fruitful cooperation of the mandate holder with civil society at national, regional and international levels. The Special Rapporteur regrets that, due to time constraints, she was unable to participate in all the conferences and seminars to which she was invited. On occasions where the Special Rapporteur could not be present herself, she endeavoured, to the extent possible, to have an OHCHR staff member participate. 17. From 23 to 25 March 2012, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Movies that Matter Festival, an initiative of Amnesty International where human rights take centre stage through a wide-ranging programme of films, held in The Hague, Netherlands. 18. On 13 and 14 April 2012, the Special Rapporteur participated in a regional consultation in Cairo, Egypt, with human rights defenders from the Middle East and North Africa organized by the International Service for Human Rights and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies 3 4 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12631&LangID=E http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12524&LangID=E 5