A/HRC/35/44 Communications and replies by mandate 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 African Descent 1 1 100% 22 14 64% Albinism 0 0 0% 5 0 0% Arbitrary Detention (+) 34 15 44% 1413 780 55% Belarus* 0 0 0% 10 7 70% Burundi** 0 0 0% 6 0 0% Business 1 1 100% 86 48 56% Cambodia 0 0 0% 31 6 19% Central African Republic 0 0 0% 1 0 0% Cultural rights 3 2 67% 76 55 72% Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 0 0 0% 9 1 11% Disability 7 3 43% 36 18 50% Disappearances (+) 15 5 33% 361 161 45% Education 4 3 75% 72 45 63% Environment 5 2 40% 57 31 54% Eritrea 0 0 0% 2 0 0% Executions 20 6 30% 1297 625 48% Food 2 1 50% 222 91 41% Foreign debt 2 1 50% 21 12 57% Freedom of opinion and expression 50 22 44% 2776 1462 53% Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 37 17 46% 1045 605 58% Haiti 1 0 0% 12 3 25% Hazardous substances*** 2 0 0% 74 46 62% Health 21 9 43% 594 350 59% Housing 7 5 71% 316 158 50% Human rights defenders 47 21 45% 3038 1705 56% Independence of judges and lawyers 2 0 0% 1148 630 55% Indigenous peoples 10 4 40% 409 244 60% Internally displaced persons 2 0 0% 24 10 42% International order 2 1 50% 30 23 77% International solidarity 0 0 0% 12 12 100% 10