A/HRC/8/12 page 3 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 1-8 4 II. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS ............................................................................................ 9 - 29 5 Developments in the constitutional process, including the referendum .................................................................................. 10 - 19 5 Right to freedom of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, and the role of human rights defenders ............ 20 - 25 7 Political prisoners and the path to democracy ............................ 26 - 29 8 III. DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE EVENTS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2007 ................................................... 30 - 48 9 Arrests, detentions trials and releases in connection with the demonstrations of September 2007 ............................................ 32 - 40 9 B. Conditions of detention: right to health and treatment ............... 41 - 42 11 C. Access to prisoners by international organizations .................... 43 - 44 11 D. Investigations on the 31 reported killings and depuration of responsibilities for excessive use of force .................................. 45 - 48 11 IV. THE IMPACT OF CYCLONE NARGIS ............................................ 49 - 61 12 V. METHODOLOGY, ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR: PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW ........................................................................................ 62 - 68 14 VI. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................. 69 - 71 15 VII. RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................... 72 16 A. B. C. A.