A/HRC/43/65 A. Thematic reports 5. As illustrated by the list of themes addressed by special procedure mandate holders in their reports in 2019 (see annex), a variety of issues have been examined, and States and other stakeholders have been provided with advice on promoting and protecting human rights at the national, regional and international levels. In producing their reports, mandate holders have addressed specific recommendations not only to States and other actors but also to the United Nations, as their reports also relate to various aspects of the work of the United Nations. 6. Several reports related to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. They included the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, which focused on the implementation of the right to education and of Goal 4 in the context of the growth of private actors in education (A/HRC/41/37); the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, which addressed the right to food in the context of the Goals (A/74/164); and the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, which focused on civil society participation in the implementation of the Goals (A/74/349) and on practical recommendations for the participation of civil society in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/HRC/41/41/Add.2). The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia focused on the implementation of the Goals in Cambodia and specifically assessed those at risk of being left behind (A/HRC/42/60 and A/HRC/42/60/Add.1). 7. Access to justice was repeatedly addressed by different mandate holders. The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context looked into access to justice for the right to housing (A/HRC/40/61), while the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism addressed the right to access to justice for persons with albinism (A/HRC/40/62). The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples looked more generally at the question of indigenous peoples and justice (A/HRC/42/37), while the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders addressed, inter alia, access to justice, in his report on impunity (A/74/159). 8. The gender perspective and women’s human rights featured prominently, with, for example, a report on the gender dimensions of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (A/HRC/41/43). Moreover, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders addressed the situation of women human rights defenders (A/HRC/40/60), while the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination focused on the gendered human rights impacts of private military and security companies (A/74/244). The Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment addressed the relevance of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to the context of domestic violence (A/74/148). 9. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences focused on a human rights-based approach to mistreatment and violence against women in reproductive health services, with a focus on childbirth and obstetric violence (A/74/137). The Working Group on discrimination against women and girls addressed women’s deprivation of liberty (A/HRC/41/33). Lastly, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants produced two studies, one on the impact of migration on migrant women and girls (A/HRC/41/38) and another on good practices and initiatives on genderresponsive migration legislation and policies (A/74/191). 10. There was also a focus on prevention, with the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education who focused on the right to education and the prevention of atrocity crimes and mass or grave human rights violations (A/74/243). In this context, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence examined practical experiences of domestic reparation programmes (A/HRC/42/45) and addressed the question of apologies for gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law (A/74/147). 2