A/HRC/41/36/Add.1 I. Activities of the Special Rapporteur 1. The present report covers the main activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur since 1 March 2018. Information on earlier activities can be found in her previous report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/38/44 and A/HRC/38/44/Add.3). A. Country visits 2. The Special Rapporteur sent requests/reminders for official visits to the Governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United States of America, Yemen and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). 3. She thanks the Governments of Nigeria and Mozambique for responding positively to her request for a visit and encourages the Governments of all above-mentioned States to extend an invitation for a visit in the near future. B. Communications 4. Observations on communications sent between 1 March 2018 and 28 February 2019 and responses received from States and other actors between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019 are contained in section II of this report. C. Press releases 5. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur issued, alone or jointly, 56 press statements. They raised a variety of themes and country specific issues, including: • The imposition of the death penalty – for crimes that do not meet the threshold of “most serious crimes”, after trials that reportedly did not meet fair trial and due process standards, on child offenders, minorities, journalists, protesters and women, as well as extraditions of persons to countries where they risk receiving the death penalty, • Unlawful deaths and killings, including of children, LGBTI persons, migrants, human rights defenders, indigenous people, minorities, journalists, politicians, persons with albinism and women, • Death threats against and attacks on media professionals, journalists, human rights defenders, LGBTI persons, minorities and women, • Excessive use of force by State agents, during arrest and in the context of protests • State’s duty to protect life, including legislation, • Investigation on extrajudicial executions in the context of transitional justice. 1 D. Meetings and other activities 6. The Special Rapporteur most recent thematic report to the General Assembly focused on the criminalisation of life-saving measures, amounting to a violation of the right to life. (A/73/314). She subsequently issued a statement on the protection of humanitarian actions while combating the financing of terrorism as part of the UNSC adoption of Resolution 2462. She led a joint initiative with relevant mandates, to submit comments to the International 1 The full list of press statements issued can be found at: http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/NewsSearch.aspx?MID=SR_Summ_Executions. 3