A/58/275 (e) From 7 to 12 April 2003, the Special Rapporteur travelled to Geneva to present her report (E/CN.4/2003/85 and Add.1-4) to the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights. She also held consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR staff and other relevant actors, including representatives of IOM, ILO, migrant groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as government representatives. The Special Rapporteur’s main report focused on the issue of administrative detention of migrants, while the addenda were devoted respectively to communications to and from Governments and her visits to Mexico, the border between Mexico and the United States of America and the Philippines; (f) From 6 to 9 May 2003, the Special Rapporteur participated in the second Regional Workshop on Counter-Trafficking and Human Rights, organized by IOM and others in Bogota. The seminar was attended by academics and representatives of Governments, Latin American, North American, European and Asian NGOs and media from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Thailand and the United States. The meeting’s objective was to define clearly, according to international standards, the concepts of trafficking and smuggling, acknowledging the links between the two phenomena. During the meeting the Special Rapporteur briefed participants on the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and its relevance vis-à-vis the vulnerability of many migrants; (g) From 7 to 9 May 2003, the Special Rapporteur participated in the first Continental Meeting on Globalization, Migration and Refuge (I° Encuentro Continental Sobre Globalización, Migración y Refugio) organized by the Latin American Council of Bishops, also held in Bogota. The meeting discussed the impact of globalization on migration and asylum in the Americas and provided an opportunity for an exchange of experiences on how the Catholic Church, in cooperation with civil society, could assist in improving the quality of life of migrants and refugees; (h) From 26 to 30 May 2003, the Special Rapporteur participated in the seventh meeting of the Regional Conference on Migration — also known as Puebla Process — which was held in Cancún, Mexico. The Conference is a regional forum for dialogue and discussion on the phenomenon of migration in North and Central America; (i) From 23 to 28 June 2003, the Special Rapporteur participated in the annual meeting of special rapporteurs of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva; (j) On 1 July 2003, she participated in an event to celebrate the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; (k) On 2 and 3 July 2003, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Berne Initiative consultations on an international agenda for migration management; (l) On 10 July 2003, the Special Rapporteur participated in a meeting with the experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) organized by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in New York; 7

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