A/HRC/37/37/Add.1 on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) and the preceding Forum on the participation of NGOs in the 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission in Niamey, Niger in May. During the NGO Forum, the Special Rapporteur participated in a panel on justice and human rights in the context of threats to peace and security in Africa, as well as in a side-event on accountability for grave human rights violations in Eritrea that explored the role which regional mechanisms might play in this regard. In May, the Special Rapporteur was hosted by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa for an event on the human rights situation in Eritrea. Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti Nothing to report Special Rapporteur on the Nothing to report situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali Nothing to report Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Nothing to report Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 Nothing to report Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia In May, in the context of his mission to the country, the Independent Expert wished to conduct consultations with the Federal Government and other stakeholders on a proposed initiative on responses in the justice system when addressing the rights of women, particularly the role of the traditional justice system, xeer, in combating sexual and gender-based violence. The consultations were conducted as a follow-up to those held in Geneva and Nairobi in March 2017. In May 2016 and March 2017, the Independent Expert held extensive consultations with the authorities of the Federal Government and federal member states, international agencies and civil society partners in Baidoa, Geneva, Kismayo, Mogadishu and Nairobi and on the need for such a conference. Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan Nothing to report Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic N/A 58