E/CN.4/2006/73 page 3 CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction .............................................................................................. I. II. 1-5 4 ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ..................... 6 - 16 4 A. Summary of activities ....................................................... 6-8 4 B. Communications and press releases ................................. 9 - 14 5 C. Visits ................................................................................. 15 - 16 5 MANDATE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ....................... 17 - 22 6 A. Scope of the mandate ........................................................ 17 - 20 6 B. Legal framework ............................................................... 21 - 24 7 C. Methods of work ............................................................... 25 - 37 8 D. Situations in which the mandate intervened through communications ................................................................ 38 - 49 9 Issues ................................................................................ 50 - 72 11 CONCLUSIONS .......................................................................... 73 - 78 15 E. III. Page

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