A/HRC/35/44 Reporting period: 1 December 2016 to 28 February 2017 Mandate Communications sent replied to by 30 April 2017 response rate Reporting period: 1 June 2006 to 28 February 2017 Communications sent replied to by 30 April 2017 response rate Islamic Republic of Iran 10 3 30% 147 79 54% Liberia 0 0 0% 2 0 0% Mercenaries 0 0 0% 73 28 38% Migrants 13 9 69% 247 160 65% Minority issues 11 5 45% 242 143 59% Myanmar 2 1 50% 109 55 51% Older persons 0 0 0% 2 2 100% Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 1 0 0% 42 8 19% Poverty 7 6 86% 66 49 74% Privacy 0 0 0% 17 16 94% Racism 6 5 83% 128 79 62% Religion or belief 8 3 38% 443 267 60% Sale of children 2 1 50% 61 23 38% Sexual orientation and gender identity 0 0 0% 1 0 0% Slavery 4 3 75% 46 27 59% Somalia 0 0 0% 19 6 32% Sudan 3 0 0% 36 6 17% Terrorism 5 2 40% 283 134 47% Torture 30 13 43% 2175 1179 54% Trafficking in persons 2 0 0% 78 45 58% Truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of nonrecurrence 1 1 100% 41 25 61% Unilateral coercive measures 0 0 0% 2 2 100% Violence against women 4 2 50% 540 289 54% Water and sanitation 3 1 33% 85 55 65% Women in law and in practice 6 3 50% 186 93 50% (*) mandate re-established in June 2012, (**) mandate terminated, (***) mandate name changed from ‘toxic waste’ (+) These figures do not include communications on standard cases sent to Governments by the Working Group on arbitrary detention and the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances. Please note: Totals are higher than the actual number of communications sent or replies received in the given period, as many communications are sent jointly by two or more mandate holders. 11