C. Communications sent before the period covered by this report, by mandates reporting to the eighteenth session of the Council, and related replies 14. As a transitional measure, given that the reporting period of this joint communications report is shorter than earlier reporting periods for individual mandates reporting to September sessions of the Council, the following communications are included to ensure that all State responses and communications of special procedures mandates reporting to the eighteenth session of the Council are covered since they last reported individually to the fifteenth session. They relate to the following mandates: the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia; the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples; the Working Group on the use of mercenaries; the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery; the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes and .the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. 15. Covered are State responses received by these mandates before 1 February 2011, but after the cut-off date of their last communcations report – usually 15 Augsut 2010 – so that they could not be reflected in respective communication reports submitted to the fifteenth session of the Council in September 2010. The same applies to communications sent by these mandates after the cut-off date of their last communications report - usually 15 June 2010 - and 1 December 2010, the start of the regular reporting period of this joint communications report. Copies of the full text of the communications sent and Government replies received can be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the website of the Human Rights Council. Some names of individuals or other information haves been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable. Date Type Case No Country 14/06/07 USA 6/2007 AL United States of America Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Mercenaries Alleged connection to the facilitation of recruitment of mercenaries. According to the information received, Mr. Luis Posada Carriles was connected to the planning of the downing of a Douglas DC-8 of Cubana de Aviación, on 6 October 1976, and connected to the facilitation of recruitment of mercenaries involved in this act. Reportedly, there are indications of several linkages between Mr. Posada Carriles, the Cuban-American National Foundation, and various individuals connected to a series of attacks and bombings. Several indications also point to Mr. Posada Carriles as having been a primary instrument and protagonist of mercenarism in a policy of violence, terrorism and violation of human rights in the Americas. Reportedly, Mr. Posada Carriles had been held in custody on immigration charges in the United States of America, and released in May 2007 without having been charged on grounds of terrorism. 14/01/11 A/HRC/18/51 143