A/HRC/40/38/Add.1 Follow-up activities undertaken by mandate holders (non-exhaustive list) (2018) Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Participation in several international workshops on the right to freedom of religion or belief that offered a follow-up opportunity to call upon governments to invest in the implementation of the Rabat Plan of Action, the Beirut Declaration on “Faith for Rights” and the Fez Plan of Action, which provide specific commitments by faith-based actors and practical measures to address the related phenomena of incitement to religious hatred, discrimination and violence. Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel and degrading treatment or punishment Developing a Universal Protocol for Investigation Interviewing and Associated Safeguards in follow-up to an initiative by the former Special Rapporteur and with the support of the OHCHR and the Association for the Prevention of Torture. Working Group on arbitrary detention Continued to refine the Working Group’s systematic follow-up procedure established in 2016 for its opinions concluding that a deprivation of liberty is arbitrary under which the final paragraphs of such opinions request the government concerned and the source to provide, within six months of the opinion, information on the implementation of its recommendations. While encouraged by an increased response rate in the context of this procedure from both sources and concerned governments, it notes that this does not necessarily imply an increased enforcement of its opinions. Revision of annual reports to now contain a table reflecting follow-up information received. Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation Commenced a project on the follow-up analysis of official country visits focusing on the implementation of recommendations in country visit reports, the methodology and current status of which is contained in an Annex to the report presented at 39th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2018 (A/HRC/39/55). Began follow-up analysis of the first five official country visits undertaken since 2015 (Botswana, El Salvador, Mexico, Portugal, and Tajikistan). Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Participation in the conference “Defending the Defenders: New Alliances for Protecting IPR” organized by the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in September 2018 with the support of the Foreign Ministry of Denmark, resulting in an outcome document that explicitly endorsed and called for follow-up on the recommendations concerning the theme of criminalization and attacks against indigenous human rights defenders in a report presented at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2018 (A/HRC/39/17). Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children Engaged in a preliminary discussion with IOM and UNHCR on how to operationalise recommendations on early identification, referral and assistance of victims and potential victims of trafficking in mixed migration movements in a report presented at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2018 (A/HRC/38/45). Engaged in a preliminary discussion with academia on how to disseminate and follow up on her recommendations to the UN Security Council on integrating a human rights-based approach to trafficking in the women, peace and security agenda contained in a report presented at the 73 rd session of the UN General Assembly in September 2018 (A/73/171). Special Rapporteur on the promotion In follow up to his county visit to Sri Lanka in October 2017, the former of truth, justice, reparation & Special Rapporteur, Pablo de Greiff, participated as a panellist in a side guarantees of non-recurrence event on 5 March 2018 during the 37th session of the Human Rights Council on the theme “Transitional justice in Sri Lanka: Will It Deliver for 40