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(2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011). The Special Rapporteur regrets that some of these requests
are long-standing, and hopes that States in question will give due attention and respond
positively to her requests.
7.
The Special Rapporteur would like to thank the Governments of Cameroon,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Turkey for having accepted her requests to conduct country
visits. Owing to other prior commitments, the Special Rapporteur regrets that she was not
able to carry out these visits before the end of her tenure. Concerning her request to visit
Turkey, the Special Rapporteur would like to reiterate that she hopes that authorities will
provide the mandate with sufficient time to visit the country in order to allow it to
adequately assess the situation of defenders.
C.
Cooperation with the United Nations system and intergovernmental
organizations
8.
The Special Rapporteur has continued to place particular emphasis on cooperation
with all bodies of the United Nations and other regional intergovernmental human rights
organizations.
9.
From 28 to 30 January 2013, the Special Rapporteur convened consultations with
the regional groups of Member States of the Human Rights Council to brief them about the
work and challenges of her mandate, including her report on the use of legislation to
regulate the activities on human rights defenders.
10.
From 22 to 23 February 2013, the Special Rapporteur participated in the
consultation on human rights and the environment convened by the Independent Expert on
human rights and the environment with the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), which took place in Nairobi.
11.
On 7 and 8 May 2013, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Twenty-sixth
General Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights
Institutions in Geneva, where she presented her report on the role of national institutions in
the defence and promotion of human rights, and in the protection of human rights
defenders.
12.
From 10 to 11 June 2013, a staff member supporting her mandate participated in a
meeting of stakeholders organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE)/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to develop
recommendations on the protection of human rights defenders, which took place in
Warsaw.
13.
On 28 October 2013, the Special Rapporteur presented her last report to the General
Assembly (A/67/292). The report focused on the risks faced by defenders working in the
context of large-scale development projects and proposed a human rights-based approach to
development policy and projects.
14.
On 26 and 27 November 2013, the Special Rapporteur participated in the SubRegional Consultation on Strengthening the Protection Mandate of National Human Rights
Institutions in Eastern Africa organized by OHCHR-Uganda and OHCHR Regional Office
for East Africa, which took place in Kampala.
15.
On 5 and 6 December 2013, in the context of the European Union-NGO Forum on
Human Rights, a staff member supporting her mandate participated in a round table on
national public policies and protection mechanisms for human rights defenders, which took
place in Brussels.
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