A/HRC/17/33 I. Activities of the Special Rapporteur A. Country visits 1. The Special Rapporteur wishes to thank the Government of South Africa, for having responded positively to his request for a visit. He would also like to thank the Governments of Albania, Greece and Belarus for their invitations, which he could unfortunately not honour. 2. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur undertook three visits: to Senegal, from 17 to 21 August 2009; to Japan, from 23 to 31 March 2010; and to South Africa, from 24 January to 1 February 2011. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank the Governments that have responded positively to his requests for visits and urges those that have not yet done so to provide a response. B. Communications with Member States 3. From 1 January to 31 December 2010, the Special Rapporteur sent a total of 25 communications alleging violations of the rights of migrants to 18 Member States and received 11 responses from the Governments concerned. He thanks all the Governments that responded to his communications for their collaboration, and reminds Governments that have not yet responded to do so and address all the concerns raised in each communication. A summary of all communications sent during the period under review are included in an addendum to the present report (A/HRC/17/33/Add.1). C. Other activities 4. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur attended various international events. 5. From 26 to 27 January 2010, he participated in an expert meeting on the right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, convened by the Special Rapporteur on the right to education. The event took place in London and was hosted by the Open Society Institute/Foundation. 6. The Special Rapporteur also attended the Global Consultation on Migrant Health organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Madrid from 3 to 5 March 2010. 7. On 6 and 7 October 2010, he participated at the Festival Viva América, organized by Casa América, in Madrid. From 4 to 8 October 2010, together with the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, he participated in a conference entitled "Children on the move", organized by the Global Movement for Children, Save the Children and the Fundació Privada Moviment Mundial a Favor de la Infància, held in Barcelona, Spain, from 4 to 8 October 2010. 8. On 8 and 9 November 2010, he participated in the Fourth Global Forum on Migration and Development, hosted by the Government of Mexico in Puerto Vallarta. The Forum this year focused on partnerships for migration and human development, the topic on which the Special Rapporteur had focused his annual report to the General Assembly in 2010 in the context of criminalization of migration. 3