A/HRC/40/18 • Special Rapporteur on the right to education • Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression • Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions • Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants • Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children • Special Rapporteur on violence against women • Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity • Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity • Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice • Working Group on business and human rights • Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members • Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance • Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus • Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea 23. The Council heard an oral update from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic. 24. In addition, mandate holders reported on their visits to 21 countries and territories: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba (two visits), El Salvador (two visits), Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Peru, Poland, Samoa and United States of America. 25. The Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression also presented materials supplementing his annual report (A/HRC/38/35). The public and private regulation of user-generated online content is examined in that report. He also presented a report in follow-up to his report to the Council in 2015 on the use of encryption and anonymity to exercise the rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age (A/HRC/29/32). 26. The Working Group on business and human rights presented a report on the third regional consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean on public policy for the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The consultation was held from 12 to 14 December 2017 at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago. The Working Group also presented a report describing the proceedings and thematic recommendations of the sixth Forum on Business and Human Rights, held from 27 to 29 November 2017 in Geneva. 27. The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance presented a report on combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. 28. The mandate holders also presented their communications report, which contained the communications that had been sent by all mandate holders between 1 December 2017 and 28 February 2018. The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions presented reports containing observations on the communications that had been transmitted to Governments and the replies that had been received. 5

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