Welcome to the United Nations 
OHCHR 
Report
Report on follow-up to Country Visits
Issued by
Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
Published
30 May 2019
Report
Issued by Special Procedures
Subject
Freedom of opinion and expression
Symbol Number
A/HRC/41/35/ADD.2
Background
Mandate-holders carry out country visits to assess the situation of human rights at the national level. In 2019, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression examined the implementation of recommendations made following country visits undertaken under the auspices of the mandate.
Inputs Received
Inputs Received
The report benefitted greatly from input by States and civil society organisations. In January 2019, the Special Rapporteur sent questionnaires concerning the implementation of recommendations made following the respective country visits to the States involved. He also issued an open call for submissions, requesting input from civil society and other interested actors as to the status of the recommendations made. Having received this information, the Special Rapporteur prepared a draft version of his report, which he shared with the concerned States for their comment. Where consent was received for these various responses to be made public, these can be accessed below.
State responses to questionnaires sent
State response to unedited, draft version of the report
Civil society responses to open call for submissions
On Japan
- Access-Info Clearinghouse
- Joint submission by the All Okinawa Council for Human Rights and the International Movement Against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism
- Independent submission from Ms Sanae Fujita
- Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace
On Turkey
- International Press Institute
- Pen International
- EuroMed Rights
- MAAT for Peace, Development and Human Rights (submission covering both the visit to Israel and the OPT and the visit to Turkey)
- Media and Law Studies Association
- KAOS GL Association
On Honduras
On Israel and the OPT
- Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights
- MADA – Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedom
- MAAT for Peace, Development and Human Rights (submission covering both the visit to Israel and the OPT and the visit to Turkey)
On Côte d’Ivoire