A/66/264 I. Introduction 1. This note is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/212, in which the Assembly invited the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to report to it at its sixty-sixth session, and Human Rights Council resolution 8/10. It provides a review of the work of the outgoing Special Rapporteur, Jorge Bustamante, who served as mandate holder from August 2005 to July 2011, and reports on activities undertaken in fulfilment of his mandate during the reporting period (1 August 2010 to 31 July 2011). 2. The activities of the Special Rapporteur are carried out in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/44, by which the mandate was first established. Since then, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur has been extended by Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2002/62 and 2005/47 and Human Rights Council resolutions 8/10 and 17/12, each time for a period of three years. 3. The international legal framework for the work and methods of work of the outgoing Special Rapporteur are described in his first report to the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2006/73 and Add.1 and 2). In the pursuit of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur has been guided by international human rights law, primarily the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and other international instruments, including those of the International Labour Organization. Dialogue, consultation and partnerships have constituted essential features of his work. 4. In June 2011, the Human Rights Council decided, by resolution 17/12, to extend the mandate for a period of three years. At its seventeenth session, the Human Rights Council appointed François Crépeau (Canada) as the new Special Rapporteur. François Crépeau assumed his functions as the new Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on 1 August 2011. He is the third mandate holder, after Jorge Bustamante (Mexico) (2005-2011) and Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro (Costa Rica) (1999-2005). 1 II. Activities A. Country visits 5. During his term as mandate holder, the Special Rapporteur visited the following countries: South Africa (24 January-1 February 2011); Japan (23-31 March 2010); Senegal (17-21 August 2009); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (21-26 June 2009); Romania (15-20 June 2009); Guatemala (24-28 March 2008); Mexico (9-15 March 2008); United States of America (30 April-18 May 2007); Indonesia (12-21 December 2006); and Republic of Korea (5-12 December 2006). Invitations for country visits by the Special Rapporteur have been received from the Governments of Albania, Australia, Belarus and Greece. Requests for country visits which are still awaiting response concern Bahrain, Canada, India, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Mauritania, the Philippines, Spain and Thailand. __________________ 1 11-44418 For an overview of the mandate and activities of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, see www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/migration/rapporteur/index.htm. 3