A/HRC/7/58 page 6 of children. In particular, issues related to education and health were debated, including from the perspective of overarching themes such as data collection, budgeting, non-discrimination and child participation.3 III. SPECIAL PROCEDURES ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 17. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, carried out missions to Canada and South Africa. In April, the Special Rapporteur attended a forum on housing in Luanda, and actively engaged with various partners on issues relating to his mandate. In September, he and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, undertook a joint private visit to Mexico to assess the issues relating to the development of the La Parota hydroelectric dam in the State of Guerrero. In his annual report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/4/18), the Special Rapporteur presented several tools to help States implement the right to adequate housing, including basic principles and guidelines on development-based evictions and displacement. These practical tools were well received by the members of the Council. The Special Rapporteur continued his close collaboration with other mandate-holders, including in communication with Governments on alleged cases of human rights violations. He also pursued his collaborative work with treaty bodies, including the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and his cooperation with regional bodies dealing with housing issues, such as the Council of Europe. The Special Rapporteur continued to apply a gender perspective in his work, as explained during the discussions on integrating a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council. He also continued his collaborative work with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences. 18. The Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Vernor Muñoz Villalobos, undertook country visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Malaysia. He participated in conferences and seminars on topics such as education quality and social justice, inclusive education for persons with disabilities, and discrimination in education. In addition, as the theme of his 2008 annual report would be devoted to the right to education in emergency situations, the Special Rapporteur had various consultations with several actors such as United Nations agencies, international non-governmental organizations and other civil society organizations, in order to gather relevant information and address priority issues in this area. 19. The independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Arjun Sengupta, focused on elaborating on the definition of extreme poverty, exploring the link between human rights and extreme poverty, addressing the need for an operational framework to apply multi-dimensionality of poverty in policymaking and suggesting programmatic measures to alleviate extreme poverty. He also looked into the experiences of different countries in Africa, 3 The recommendations of the workshop will be posted on the webpage of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/follow-up.htm.