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A/<strong>HRC</strong>/<strong>23</strong>/<strong>51</strong> I. Introduction 1. Special procedures are mandated by <strong>the</strong> Human Rights Council to report to it on <strong>the</strong>ir activities (see Appendix). 2. In 2009, <strong>the</strong> sixteenth annual meeting <strong>of</strong> special procedures mandate holders decided that a joint communications report would be prepared (cf. A/<strong>HRC</strong>/12/47, para 24-26), with this decision being reconfirmed by <strong>the</strong> seventeenth annual meeting <strong>of</strong> special procedures in 2010 in order to avoid duplication, rationalize documentations, allow examination <strong>of</strong> cross cutting issues and ensure that <strong>the</strong> content <strong>of</strong> communications and any follow-up would feed into <strong>the</strong> universal periodic review mechanism more effectively. Mandate holders decided that <strong>the</strong> report should contain summaries <strong>of</strong> communications, and statistical information (A/<strong>HRC</strong>/15/44, para. 26-27). 3. The Outcome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> review <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> work and functioning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Human Rights Council calls on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>Commissioner</strong> for Human Rights to maintain information on special procedures in a comprehensive and easily accessible manner, and encourages <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> modern information technology to reduce <strong>the</strong> circulation <strong>of</strong> paper (A/<strong>HRC</strong>/RES/16/21, Annex, para. 29 and 60). 4. Short summaries <strong>of</strong> allegations communicated to <strong>the</strong> respective State or o<strong>the</strong>r entity are included in <strong>the</strong> report, and <strong>the</strong> communications sent and responses received are accessible electronically through hyperlinks. Communications are reproduced in <strong>the</strong> language in which <strong>the</strong>y were sent. Replies received in Arabic, Chinese or Russian are included with translations into English, where available. 5. This report covers all urgent appeals, letters <strong>of</strong> allegations and o<strong>the</strong>r letters sent by special procedures mandate holders between 1 December 2012 and 28 February 2013 and all replies received between 1 February 2013 and 30 April 2013. Communications sent before 1 December 2012 are reported in A/<strong>HRC</strong>/22/67, A/<strong>HRC</strong>/22/67 corr.1 and corr.2, A/<strong>HRC</strong>/21/49, A/<strong>HRC</strong>/20/30, A/<strong>HRC</strong>/19/44 and A/<strong>HRC</strong>/18/<strong>51</strong> respectively. 6. The report also includes replies received between 1 February 2013 and 30 April 2013, relating to communications sent by special procedures mandate holders before 1 December 2012. Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se replies supplement information communicated earlier by <strong>the</strong> respective State. 7. The report contains some replies that were received before 1 February 2013, but were inadvertently omitted in <strong>the</strong> previous report due to technical errors. 8. The present report contains urgent appeals sent by <strong>the</strong> Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and <strong>the</strong> Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and joint urgent appeals sent by <strong>the</strong>m toge<strong>the</strong>r with o<strong>the</strong>r mandates. It does not contain o<strong>the</strong>r types <strong>of</strong> communications issued by <strong>the</strong>se mandates, which are processed according to <strong>the</strong>ir own distinctive procedures, and are reported in <strong>the</strong> annual reports <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se two working groups. 9. The names <strong>of</strong> some alleged victims have been obscured in order to protect <strong>the</strong>ir privacy and prevent fur<strong>the</strong>r victimization. Names <strong>of</strong> victims who would o<strong>the</strong>rwise have <strong>the</strong>ir identities protected are mentioned only when <strong>the</strong> concerned individual has expressly consented or requested to have his or her name in <strong>the</strong> public report. In <strong>the</strong> original communications, <strong>the</strong> full names <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> alleged victims were provided to <strong>the</strong> Government concerned. Names <strong>of</strong> alleged perpetrators have systematically been darkened in State replies to preserve <strong>the</strong> presumption <strong>of</strong> innocence. 6
A/<strong>HRC</strong>/<strong>23</strong>/<strong>51</strong> 10. In preparing <strong>the</strong> statistics included in this report, uniform reporting periods have been used, reflecting all communications sent between 1 December 2012 and 28 February 2013, and responses received in relation to <strong>the</strong>se communications up to 30 April 2013. 7
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