A/HRC/31/56 including background information about her study of the human rights situation of Roma worldwide.4 7. On 16 June 2015, she participated in a side event to commemorate the first-ever International Albinism Awareness Day (13 June). 8. On the occasion of the fifth annual meeting of the Global Network of the Responsibility to Protect Focal Points, held in Madrid on 23 and 24 June 2015, she sent a video message on violence against minorities. 9. On 25 September 2015, she convened a one-day workshop in Brasilia on the situation of Roma in the Americas. A summary of the workshop will be presented to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-first session. 10. On 27 October 2015, she convened, jointly with three other special rapporteurs, a side event during the seventieth session of the General Assembly on guaranteeing attention to vulnerable groups in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 11. On 28 October 2015, she presented her annual report to the General Assembly (A/70/212), which focused on minorities in the criminal justice system. 12. On 2 November 2015, she delivered a speech titled “An American tragedy, a bloody injustice: police killings of unarmed black men and boys” at Michigan State University. 13. On 23 November 2015, she moderated an expert meeting in Geneva on “Minorities in the criminal justice system: discussion on the draft recommendations of the eighth Forum on Minority Issues”. 14. On 24 November 2015, she participated as a keynote speaker in a side event in Geneva on combating impunity, and the need for effective justice system action on behalf of minorities, organized by Minority Rights Group and the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva. 15. On 25 November 2015, she moderated a side event in Geneva on “Minority rights protection in the United Nations system: looking back and looking ahead — a forum for the future”, organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and by her mandate. 16. On 26 November 2015 in Geneva, she delivered a speech at an event commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on “Fifty years of achievements: lessons learned and good practices”. Statements 17. The Special Rapporteur issued several public statements, many jointly with other mandates, highlighting issues of concern involving minorities. Those statements are available on her website. D. Update on the Forum on Minority Issues 18. The Special Rapporteur was requested by the Human Rights Council, in its resolutions 6/15 and 19/23, to guide the work of the Forum on Minority Issues. The eighth session of the Forum was held in Geneva on 24 and 25 November 2015, with a thematic focus on minorities in the criminal justice system. 4 4 www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Minorities/SRMinorities/Pages/StudyProtectionRoma.aspx.