A/HRC/4/34 page 6 Forum on Women in Law and Development (APWLD). The Asia-Pacific Consultation, which has become institutionalized and offers a model for other regions, focused on regional trends with respect to culture and violence against women. 6. In January 2007, I will attend a European regional consultation in London, organized by the National Alliance of Women’s Organizations (NAWO). 7. On 2 and 3 November, I convened an expert consultation on culture and violence against women in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and with the generous support of the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation.2 The event brought together 14 experts on the topic from all regions of the world in Geneva and provided valuable input for the thematic section of this report. D. Participation in other meetings 8. Throughout the year, I participated in numerous events in Turkey and elsewhere in my capacity as Special Rapporteur, some of which are listed below. 9. On 16 and 17 February 2006, I attended a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Secretary-General’s study on violence against women held in New York. On 1 March, I took part in a consultation organized by the Government of Canada, following up on my 2006 report to the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2006/61) on using the due diligence standard as a tool for the elimination of violence against women. Later that month, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, I participated in various events in Dublin. At the regional consultation on women and adequate housing organized in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 March), I highlighted the linkages between violence against women and infringements of the human right to adequate housing. 10. On 25 April, I addressed the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna on the role of the criminal sector in combating violence against women. At the Second International Policy Conference on the African Child, which was held in Addis Ababa on 11 and 12 May and which focused on violence against girls in Africa, I delivered a speech on “Violence against women: the international dimension”. From 17 to 19 May, I took part in consultations between members of the Turkish Parliamentary Investigation Commission on Violence against Women, German authorities and Turkish community organizations in Berlin. 11. From 26 to 29 June, I visited the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, and addressed the Parliamentary Assembly with respect to the Council’s campaign on violence against women and also exchanged views with the Enlarged Bureau of the Ministers’ Deputies. On 17 November, I delivered a keynote speech in Istanbul at the second international conference of the Hürriyet newspaper’s campaign to end domestic violence. At the launch of 2 I would also like to acknowledge and thank Rights and Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in Montreal for its continued support to my mandate in the form of a grant.