A/HRC/38/44/Add.3 1.1 Communications transmitted to States and replies received 16. Of the responses received, a large majority were fully or partially substantive (66 out of 75 responses) and 9 acknowledgement of receipt were received that were not followed by a substantive reply. Number and type of responses 12 Substantive responses (66) 88% Acknowledgements of receipt (9) 11% 88 1.2 Communications by types 17. Overall, 87 communications concerning 439 named individuals were sent during the reporting period. In addition, 30 communications also addressed groups of individuals where the names of the individual alleged victims were unavailable. 6 Eight communications concerned legislation. Number of communications sent by type Legislation 8 Groups 30 Named Individuals 87 0 1.3 20 40 60 80 100 Communications by gender 18. As indicated in the table below, 76 communications concerned male victims, representing approximately 62 per cent of the communications, while 37 communications concerned female victims or approximately 30 per cent of all communications. In total, the cases of 325 named male individuals were raised (or 74 per cent of individual cases raised) and 114 named females (26 per cent of individual cases raised). However, numerous communications sent during the reporting period addressed groups of persons whose sex or gender was not known. 6 8 Some communications addressed individuals and groups simultaneously.