A/HRC/30/44 Annex [English only] Selected Activities Participation at side-events during the 27th, 28th and 29th sessions of the HR Council and side-events during UPR sessions. • 9 October 2014: Keynote speaker at the Erskine Childers lecture on the right to peace, London. • 23–24 October: Participation in two panels of the International Law Association, on international governance and geo-engineering, and on new Special Procedures mandates, New York. • 6–9 December: Conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, Vienna. • 13 December: “Parliaments and the United Nations”, United Nations Association, Bern. • 27 January 2015: bilateral consultation with trade experts at South Centre, Geneva. • 10 February: Panel discussion, “Combating Violence and Discrimination against Women, Carter Center, Atlanta. • 11–12 February: Conference on Democracy and democratic elections, including bilateral meeting with President Carter, Atlanta. • 19 March: Symposium on Unilateral Sanctions, Legal Policy and Business Challenges, London Centre of International Law Practice, London. • 20–21 April: Consultation convened by the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Geneva • 20–24 April: Participation in the open-ended inter-governmental working group on the right to peace. • 27 April: Video message to Womenʼs International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)’s Conference on Peace, The Hague. • 28 April: Bilateral consultations with trade experts at IPU, Geneva. • 4 May: Bilateral consultations with trade experts at ILO and WHO • 5 May: Expert consultation on free trade and investment agreements, Geneva (see Appendix 2). • 19 May: Conference on unilateral economic sanctions, Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, Paris. • 8–12 June: Annual meeting of Special Procedures mandate holders, Geneva. Questionnaire of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (1) In your views, do free trade and investment agreements promote or obstruct an international order that is more democratic and equitable? Can you provide positive or negative examples of the effects of free trade and investment agreements 25