A/HRC/43/64/Add.1 VII. Overview of States not yet visited by any mandate holder As of 31 December 2019, out of the 193 United Nations Member States, 171 States (88.6%) have been visited by at least one special procedures mandate holder. A total of 22 States (11.4%) have never been visited; 6 States have not yet received any request, 13 States have not yet accepted any request, 1 State has extended an invitation and 2 States have accepted requests for visits, however, they had not yet taken place as of 31 December 2019. States never visited, no request sent States never visited, request(s) sent (6 in total) (16 in total) Andorra Barbados Antigua and Barbuda Brunei Darussalam Monaco Djibouti1 Palau Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Eritrea2 San Marino Eswatini Grenada Regional division UN Member States not yet visited by any mandate (of the 22 in total) Guinea Luxembourg3 Micronesia (Federated States of) African Group, 23% Asia Pacific Group, EEG, 0% 27% WEOG, 18% GRULAC, 32% Nauru4 Saint Lucia Sao Tome e Principe Surinam Tonga Vanuatu5 1 2 3 4 5 Djibouti has been visited by the mandate holders on the situation of human rights in Somalia (2011) and in Eritrea (2013) but has not yet accepted a visit from any other mandate holder concerning its own human rights situation. Eritrea extended an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and to the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in 2016. Luxembourg has accepted a visit request from the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children (dates to be agreed). The Special Rapporteur on the situation of migrants visited off-shore detention centres in Nauru during his country visit to Australia from 1 to 18 November 2016. Vanuatu has accepted visit requests from the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, the Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (dates to be agreed). 17

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