A/HRC/21/51 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 July 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Report of the nineteenth annual meeting of special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of working groups of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 11-15 June 2012) Note by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Rapporteur: Gabriela Knaul Summary The nineteenth annual meeting of special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council was held in Geneva from 11 to 15 June 2012. The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, Michel Forst, was elected as Chairperson of the meeting and the Coordination Committee. The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, was elected Rapporteur and member of the Coordination Committee. The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, and a member of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Puvan J. Selvanathan, were endorsed as members of the Committee. Farida Shaheed, as former Chairperson, remains an ex officio member for the coming year. Mandate holders exchanged views with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the President of the Human Rights Council. Meetings with a number of stakeholders were held, including with representatives of States, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions. Human rights mainstreaming was among the principal thematic issues discussed. Discussions focused on the independence of the special procedures, harmonization of working methods, and measures to enhance the engagement of mandate holders with various stakeholders to strengthen their effectiveness. The importance of increasing regular and extrabudgetary resources for special procedures was stressed. The participants noted GE.12-15136