A/HRC/31/79 Reporting period: 1 June to 30 November 2015 replied to by 31 January 2016 Reporting period: 1 June 2006 to 30 November 2015 Mandate Communications sent response rate Health 47 22 47 % Human rights defenders 116 51 Independence of judges and lawyers 60 Indigenous peoples Communications sent replied to by 31 January 2016 response rate 455 256 56 % 44 % 2,737 1,527 56 % 25 42 % 1,070 560 52 % 17 9 53 % 336 199 59 % Internally displaced persons 1 1 100 % 19 7 37 % Iran 16 3 19 % 105 46 44 % Liberia 0 0 0% 2 0 0% Mercenaries 5 2 40 % 70 26 37 % Migrants 13 7 54 % 212 132 62 % Minority issues 18 13 72 % 211 124 59 % Myanmar 6 2 33 % 103 50 49 % Older persons 0 0 0% 1 1 100 % OPT 6 3 50 % 30 7 23 % Racism 4 2 50 % 108 64 59 % Sale of children 4 2 50 % 53 21 40 % Slavery 3 1 33 % 36 20 56 % Somalia 2 0 0% 13 1 8% Sudan 3 0 0% 27 4 15 % Summary executions 64 18 28 % 1,177 557 47 % Terrorism 15 10 67 % 265 126 48 % Torture 101 39 39 % 1,998 1,066 53 % Trafficking 4 2 50 % 74 43 58 % Truth, justice, reparation & guarantees on non-rec 8 5 63 % 33 19 58 % Violence against women 18 6 33 % 496 260 52 % Water and Sanitation 9 1 11 % 64 37 58 % (*) mandate re-established in June 2012, (**) mandate terminated, (***) mandate name changed from ‘toxic waste’ (+) These figures do not include communications on standard cases sent to Governments by the Working Group on arbitrary detention and the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances. 8