A/HRC/37/51 important objective, while recalling that empowering defenders of people on the move is crucial to the prevention of further tragedy. II. Methodology 5. The present report draws from primary and secondary sources of information. It is informed by a series of consultations with a wide range of stakeholders, including States, national human rights institutions, international experts, human rights defenders and people on the move. The Special Rapporteur conducted a multilingual global survey in November and December 2017 seeking input from all stakeholders. Sixty-one stakeholders, with experience in 48 States, responded to the survey. In November 2017, the Special Rapporteur hosted a meeting at the University of York attended by more than two dozen human rights defenders and international experts with experiences and expertise from around the world. The report also draws upon a wealth of literature concerning defenders of people on the move from a range of sources, including civil society and States, and from within the United Nations system. 6. The Special Rapporteur also draws upon his own experience in receiving communications from human rights defenders at risk working on people on the move and meeting with human rights defenders at risk during his numerous travels and other meetings. In the period between June 2015 and May 2017, the mandate received a relatively small number of submissions concerning defenders of people on the move: nearly 15 of 472 communications sent during that period were issued jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants. This number is representative of longer-term underrepresentation of defenders of people on the move in communications. Working with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants, the Special Rapporteur intends to investigate further the reasons underlying this low rate, and to develop methodologies to better identify and increase the number of communications concerning defenders of people on the move in the coming months. In researching and drafting the present report, the Special Rapporteur has paid particular attention to the views and situation of women human rights defenders. 7. The Special Rapporteur expresses his gratitude to the many human rights defenders that took extraordinary risks to share their testimonies for the report. He is also grateful to the Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants, who provided valuable input. He thanks States and national human rights institutions for their submissions, and the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, for the assistance and instrumental support in preparing the report. III. Definition and normative framework 8. All people have human rights. The Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders)1 makes no distinction based on nationality or immigration status: “Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels.” Similarly, the international instruments that set out international and regional human rights regimes extend their protections to all individuals within the jurisdiction of a State, regardless of whether they are a national or non-national, regardless of how far they are from their place of birth. 1 4 General Assembly resolution 53/144, annex.