A/HRC/4/37 page 2 Summary The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, here presents her seventh report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/102 in which the Council decided to extend exceptionally for one year the mandate and mandate-holders of all the special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights, of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. It follows the report she had submitted to the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights, pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2000/61 and 2003/64, which reviewed the six years of implementation of the mandate entrusted to her. Chapter I of the report gives an account of the activities undertaken by the mandate-holder during the reporting year. It draws the attention of Member States to the 372 communications that have been sent under the mandate during the past year. More detailed information on these communications is contained in addendum 1 to the present report. This chapter also includes some reflections on the participation of defenders and defenders’ organizations in the work of the Human Rights Council to date. Chapter II focuses on the situation of human rights defenders working in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. It gives an overview of the legal context for the activities of these defenders, followed by a description of the different economic, social and cultural rights defenders are currently working to promote. This chapter also highlights violations against the rights accorded to these defenders by the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights (Declaration on Human Rights Defenders). Chapter III focuses on human rights defenders who are at particular risk and considers the risks involved when defending the rights of indigenous people and minorities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and women human rights defenders. In chapter IV, the Special Representative outlines some recommendations to the United Nations, States, intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations and defenders, on the situation of defenders working in the field of economic, social and cultural rights.