A/HRC/28/41 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–2 3 II. Facts and figures ..................................................................................................... 3 – 29 3 A. New mandates ................................................................................................. 3 3 B. Mandate holders.............................................................................................. 4 3 C. Country visits and standing invitations ........................................................... 5–6 4 D. Communications ............................................................................................. 7–9 4 E. Thematic reports and studies .......................................................................... 10 – 13 4 F. Contributions to standard-setting and and the protection and promotion of human rights ............................................................................. 14 – 18 5 G. Media outreach and public awareness ............................................................ 19 6 H. Other activities ................................................................................................ 20 – 29 7 III. Activities of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures ........................... 30 – 33 8 IV. Twenty-first annual meeting of special procedures ................................................. 34 – 100 9 A. Methods of work ............................................................................................. 36 – 48 9 B. Engagement with stakeholders ....................................................................... 49 – 50 11 C. Challenges confronting the system ................................................................. 51 – 59 11 D. Thematic issues ............................................................................................... 60 – 72 13 E. Interaction with representatives of the United Nations and other 73 – 100 15 I. Statistics of current mandate holders (as at December 2014) ........................................................... 19 II. Country visits conducted in 2014 ..................................................................................................... 21 III. Standing invitations .......................................................................................................................... 27 IV. States not yet visited by any mandate holder ................................................................................... 30 V. Communications .............................................................................................................................. 31 VI. Themes addressed in special procedures reports .............................................................................. 34 VII. Joint statements ................................................................................................................................ 41 VIII. Mandate holders attending the twenty-first annual meeting............................................................. 42 IX. Non-exhaustive list of follow-up activities undertaken by mandate holders in 2014 ....................... 45 X. Statement by the Chairperson of the Coordination Committee ........................................................ 48 stakeholders .................................................................................................... Annexes 2