A/HRC/20/19 the remaining 33 were letters of allegation. Details of the communications and responses from Governments are included in the Communications reports of special procedures.2 B. Other activities 8. On 15 April 2011, the Special Rapporteur gave a speech on “The role of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers in promoting and seeking to ensure the Basic principles on the role of lawyers,” during a seminar commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization Lawyers for Lawyers, held in Amsterdam. 9. On 26 and 27 May 2011, she participated in an expert meeting on Gender and Victim and Witness Protection, organized in Geneva by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), during which she delivered a statement. 10. She presented her reports at the seventeenth session of the Human Rights Council on 30 May 2011 and, on 31 May, she participated in a side event on “The role of judges and lawyers in times of crisis,” organized by the International Commission of Jurists. On 1 June 2011, she participated in a side event regarding the report of her mission to Mexico (October 2010), organized by the Mexican Commission on the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights, the World Organization against Torture, the Geneva Office of Peace Brigades International and the Law Society. 11. On 16 and 17 June 2011, the Special Rapporteur attended an international conference on Strengthening the Capacity of National Associations of Judges and the Domestic Application of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, held in Kyiv, and hosted a panel on “Challenges to the independence of the judiciary and judges.” 12. On 23 and 24 June 2011, the Special Rapporteur participated in different interactive panels during the fourth Law in the Future Conference, organized by the Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law in The Hague. 13. From 4 to 8 September 2011, the Special Rapporteur took part in the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Judges (IAJ/UIM), held in Istanbul, Turkey. 14. From 3 to 4 November 2011, she attended the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 15. In preparation for the present report, the Special Rapporteur organized an expert meeting on The Role of Prosecutors in Upholding the Rule of Law, in Geneva on 7 November 2011. 16. On 31 January 2012, she participated in “the meeting, Public Act in Defence of the National Council of Justice, in Brasilia. 17. From 1 to 4 March 2012, the Special Rapporteur attended the IX Congress of Portuguese Public Prosecutors on Justice, Citizenship and Development, held in Villamoura, Portugal. 18. On 8 March 2012, she took part in the International Women’s Day celebration, organized by the State of Tabasco, Mexico, and its judiciary. On that occasion, she was honoured with the Woman of the Year medal for 2012. The medal, which she declared 2 4 See A/HRC/18/51 and Corr.1; A/HRC/19/44; A/HRC/20/30.