A/59/377 right to freedom of opinion and expression; Special Rapporteur on torture; Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders; Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; and Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The Special Rapporteur would like to point out that although the communications sent to the governments concerned refer to individual cases or specific situations of alleged violations of human rights, that does not mean that they are not representative of the situations faced by this group on a daily basis. 20. The Special Rapporteur is now preparing her next report to the Commission on Human Rights. In it she will examine the progress observed in the protection of human rights of migrants since the establishment of the office of Special Rapporteur in 1999 and the challenges posed by the phenomenon. IV. Human rights of migrants A. Developments during the period 2003-2004 21. The Special Rapporteur would like to draw attention to a number of developments that occurred between 2003 and 2004 which attest to the significant progress that has been made in protecting the human rights of migrants. 22. After the entry into force on 1 July 2003 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and pursuant to article 72 thereof, the members of the body responsible for monitoring the application of the Convention were elected at a meeting of States parties convened by the Secretary-General in December 2003 at United Nations Headquarters. The Special Rapporteur welcomes with satisfaction the establishment of the Committee and is pleased to inform the General Assembly that she met the members of the Committee at its first session, held in Geneva from 1 to 5 March 2004. At that meeting, the members of the Committee and the Special Rapporteur agreed on the importance of strengthening cooperation between the United Nations mechanisms responsible for protecting human rights during the migration process and decided to meet on a regular basis from then on to exchange views on certain matters and coordinate their activities. 23. In the framework of the mechanisms set up under United Nations human rights conventions, the Special Rapporteur wishes also to draw attention to general recommendation XXX, on discrimination against non-citizens, which was adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at its sixty-fifth session in August 2004 to replace general recommendation XI (1993). She shares the view of the Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Mr. David Weissbrodt, to the effect that “since problems relating to the treatment of non-citizens arise under each of the seven principal human rights treaties, it would be desirable for the treaty bodies jointly to … establish a consistent, structured approach to the protection of the rights of non-citizens” (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/23, para. 33). The adoption of general recommendation XXX will make it possible to move in that direction. 9