A/HRC/29/41 Contents Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1–5 3 II. Challenges faced in the implementation of the mandate ......................................... 6–8 3 III. Activities of the Special Rapporteur (July 2014–May 2015) .................................. 9–15 4 A. Visit to Italy ................................................................................................... 9 4 B. Briefing to the Third Committee..................................................................... 10 4 C. Visit to Belgium .............................................................................................. 11 4 D. Address to the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights .......... 12 4 E. Participation at the fifty-sixth ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ....................................................................... 13–15 5 Updates on the situation of human rights in Eritrea ............................................... 16–31 5 A. Coming into force of new laws ....................................................................... 16–19 5 B. Urgent appeal .................................................................................................. 20 6 C. Review of Eritrea by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women .............................................................................................. 21 6 D. Review of Eritrea by the Committee on the Rights of the Child .................... 22 7 E. Refugees and migrants .................................................................................... 23–24 7 F. Unaccompanied minors .................................................................................. 25–28 8 G. Trafficking in persons, including children ...................................................... 29–31 9 Forced evictions and the right to housing................................................................ 32–60 9 A. Relevant international obligations and national legislation ............................ 33–45 10 B. Right to housing and the impact of forced evictions....................................... 46–60 13 VI. Achievements since the establishment of the mandate .......................................... 61–70 16 VII. Conclusions and recommendations ......................................................................... 71–78 18 A. Conclusions .................................................................................................... 71–74 18 B. Recommendations........................................................................................... 75–78 19 IV. V. 2 Paragraphs