A/HRC/40/38/Add.1 Mandate Description of events organized by mandate holders interlinkages and synergies with cultural diversity. It also sought to identify strategies for articulating universality in a thoughtful and effective manner and for responding to the current attacks on this foundational concept so as to enhance the enjoyment of human rights, including cultural rights, without discrimination. On 20 March, the Special Rapporteur convened a consultation on the theme of “Strengthening the Cultural Rights Approach to the Universality of Human Rights” in the framework of the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. On 23 October, the Special Rapporteur held a side event during the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on “The Universality of Human Rights, Cultural Diversity and Cultural Rights: A Cultural Rights Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” in which the Special Rapporteur discussed her report submitted to the UN General Assembly (A/73/227). On the same day, she held a Facebook Live event on the same topic with literature Nobel Price Mr. Wole Soyinka. The Special Rapporteur also launched an open consultation and received numerous inputs from relevant partners to inform her next thematic report, which will be presented at the 40th session of the Human Rights Council, that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the mandate and takes stock of the impact of the work of the cultural rights mandate (A/HRC/40/53). Special Rapporteur on the right The Special Rapporteur on the right to development has initiated the process of to development convening a series of regional consultations throughout 2018 and 2019 with representatives of Member States from their respective regions, United Nations agencies, intergovernmental organizations, civil society and the private sector, the aim of which is to identify good practices in designing, implementing, monitoring and assessing policies and programs that contribute to the realization of the right to development in various regions. In 2018, the mandate held four out of five regional consultations that occurred in March (for the African Group of States), June (for the Western European and Others and Eastern European Groups of States), October (for Latin American and Caribbean Group of States), and December (for Asia-Pacific Group of States). The final consultation is planned for the first quarter of 2019. Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities From 23 to 24 April, the Special Rapporteur organized, together with the Human Rights Commission of the International Union of Notaries, a technical meeting in Geneva on the role of the notary in upholding the right of persons with disabilities to exercise legal capacity. Discussions focused on progress and challenges in the recognition of the legal capacity of persons with disabilities in the exercise of the notarial function and to strengthen the collaboration between international human rights mechanisms, notaries and organizations of persons with disabilities. From 15 to 16 May, the Special Rapporteur organized an expert consultation on the right of persons with disabilities to the highest attainable standard of health in Geneva. The purpose was to identify gaps and challenges in the implementation of existing international and regional human rights frameworks in relation to the right of persons with disabilities to health and to document CRPD-compliant practices for the equal enjoyment of this right. On 8 and 9 November, the Special Rapporteur hosted an Expert Group Meeting on persons with disabilities and the justice system, in particular, on how to ensure their rights to legal capacity and access to justice. The main purpose was to discuss the implementation of the right to legal capacity and access to justice in the context of the administration of justice. Special Rapporteur on the issue From 22 to 23 October, the mandate organized an expert meeting in New York on of human rights obligations challenges and opportunities for human rights and the environment in partnership with 67