A/HRC/27/51 statements on a wide array of issues and regularly met with Permanent Missions in Geneva and New York, special procedures mandate holders, civil society activists and other stakeholders. In addition, he participated in pertinent United Nations panels during the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sessions of the Human Rights Council. 4. The Independent Expert’s involvement in mandate-related events includes: (a) From 24 to 28 June 2013 he participated in the annual meeting of special procedures mandate holders, held in Vienna; (b) On 27 and 28 June 2013 he participated in a workshop on the post-2015 development agenda at the Vienna + 20 Conference; (c) On 16 and 17 October 2013, he attended the fifth international conference on a world parliamentary assembly, held at the European Parliament in Brussels, where he spoke on the right to participation;3 (d) On 11 March 2014, he submitted a substantive paper to the Business and Human Rights workshop hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ecuador in Geneva; (e) From 3 to 5 April 2014, he lectured on public participation and budget transparency at a meeting organized by the Academic Council on the United Nations System and by the Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna; (f) On 15 May 2014, he convened in Brussels an expert consultation on military expenditures and international order (see annex II); (g) On 23 May 2014, he delivered a statement at a workshop on the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, held in Geneva;4 (h) From 8 to 11 June, he participated in the National Congress of American Indians Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America, to learn about the impact of military and mining activities on their territory. 5. Pursuant to paragraph 18 of Council resolution 25/15, the Independent Expert interacted with academia, think tanks and research institutes and, (a) Contributed to a workshop on public participation at the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen, on 24 and 25 September 2013; (b) Gave a lecture on the scope of his mandate at the University of Geneva on 27 September 2013; (c) Delivered a lecture on the mandate at Harvard Law School on 24 October 2013; (d) Gave a televised interview on 25 October 2013 on the work of the mandate at Amherst Media;5 (e) Participated in a panel and recorded an interview at the International Peace Institute, in New York, on October 29, together with the Special Rapporteurs on freedom of assembly and association, and on the independence of judges and lawyers;6 3 4 5 6 4 See http://blog.unpacampaign.org/2013/10/uns-independent-expert-alfred-de-zayas-time-for-a-worldparliamentary-assembly/. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14639&LangID=E. See https://archive.org/details/85211HumanRightsMinute. See http://theglobalobservatory.org/interviews/611-with-democracy-one-size-does-not-fit-allinterview-with-alfred-de-zayas.html.