A/HRC/40/38/Add.1 Mandate Description of events organized by mandate holders with the purpose of preparing the mandate’s 2018 to 2021 Plan of Action and to shape his vision of the mandate’s forthcoming work and activities. From 11 to 12 October, in conjunction with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur organized a consultation to discuss the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the digital age as the main theme of the report that will be presented at the 41st session of the Human Rights Council in June 2019. On 17 October, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Civic Space Initiative, organized a side event in New York on how the realization of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was based on his recent report presented to the UN General Assembly. Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes From 16 to 17 May, the Special Rapporteur organized an expert meeting in Geneva called “Toward Principles on the Rights of Workers and Toxic chemicals”. The meeting, which took the form of an open dialogue, focused on the main recommendations concerning workers’ protection from exposure to toxic and hazardous chemicals that the Special Rapporteur presented at the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council. On 8 June, the Special Rapporteur convened a consultation and briefing in Geneva with representatives of Member States on the report on workers’ protection from exposure to toxic and hazardous chemicals that was later presented at the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council. On 13 September, the Special Rapporteur organized a side event in Geneva in parallel to the 39th session of the Human Rights Council entitled “Exploitation by Exposure: Workers’ Rights and Toxic Exposures”. On 22 October, the Special Rapporteur organized a side event in New York in parallel to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly entitled “Exploitation by Exposure: Human Rights and Toxic Exposures”. On 28 November, the Special Rapporteur convened a joint expert meeting in Geneva with the WHO and ILO to discuss the report on workers’ protection from exposure to toxic and hazardous chemicals presented to 39th session of the Human Rights Council and the principles contained therein, with a view toward further elaborating the 15 principles. Special Rapporteur on the right On 25 January, the Special Rapporteur convened an expert meeting in London, UK, on of everyone to the enjoyment of his report on the right to health and deprivation of liberty (A/HRC/38/36) that was the highest attainable standard presented to the thirty-eight session of the Human Rights Council in June 2018. of physical and mental health On 24 April, the Special Rapporteur organized a regional consultation on the right to mental health and people on the move in Athens, Greece. The consultation provided a means for the Special Rapporteur to engage with civil society organisations working with refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers to inform and support the development of his upcoming thematic report to the UN General Assembly (A/73/216). On 13 June, the Special Rapporteur convened an expert meeting on the right to mental health and people on the move in Beirut, Lebanon. The consultation provide a means for the Special Rapporteur to engage with a final group of senior experts to provide feedback and guidance on the final draft version of his thematic report to the UN General Assembly (A/73/216). Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders In July, the Special Rapporteur held a consultation with women human rights defenders in New York, in preparation of his thematic report on women human rights defenders, as part of his continuous efforts to promote and protect women human 69