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organized a side event to further discuss the findings of her thematic report on shelters
and protection orders and took part in various other side events.
On 10 July, in Brussels, the mandate holder took part in the kick-off conference of the
European Union/UN-Women regional programme on violence against women.
Special Rapporteur on the
On 23 and 24 May, the Special Rapporteur convened an expert consultation on service
human rights to safe drinking regulation of water and sanitation in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. 12 experts (including 3
female participants) attended. The experts provided their expertise on issues relating to
water and sanitation
role of regulation in water and sanitation services and how different regulatory models
relates to the human rights to water and sanitation.
Working Group on the issue In January, during its eighteenth session, the Working Group completed its work on the
of discrimination against
compendium of good practices. It chaired a round-table discussion on women migrant
women in law and in practice workers, organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), with the participation of members from the
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families, as well as State and civil society representatives
A member of the Working Group attended the sixty-first session of the Commission on
the Status of Women, held in New York from 13 to 17 March. She participated, inter
alia, in a high-level interactive dialogue on accelerating the implementation of
commitments contained in the agreed conclusions for gender equality and the
empowerment of women and girls, in an event on strengthened cooperation between the
international and regional human rights mechanisms on women’s rights and participated
in several consultations.
Country mandates
Mandate
Description of events organized by mandate holders
Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in
Belarus
The Special Rapporteur participated in the annual session of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which took place
from 5 to 7 July 2017 in Minsk and attended a seminar on the situation of human rights
in Belarus. In this context, he attended a parallel civil society forum on the reception of
the OSCE report of 2011 on the Moscow Mechanism on Human Dimension .
Nothing to report
Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in
Cambodia
Independent Expert on the
situation of human rights in
Central African Republic
Nothing to report
Independent Expert on
capacity-building and
technical cooperation with
Côte d’Ivoire in the field of
human rights
Nothing to report
Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in
the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
During his missions to Cambodia in May, the Special Rapporteur took part in a regional
civil society dialogue on human rights in the context of humanitarian aid and
peacebuilding initiatives with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in
Eritrea
In March, the Special Rapporteur briefed the European Network of contact points in
respect of persons responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity about the
findings and recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry.
The Special Rapporteur attended the 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission
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