E/CN.4/2005/85 page 2 Summary The present report is the fifth to be submitted to the Commission on Human Rights by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/53. Chapter I documents the Special Rapporteur’s activities during the period under review. Chapter II reports on progress in the areas of investigation identified by the Special Rapporteur, in her first report to the Commission, as priorities for the mandate, namely (a) racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia directed against immigrants; and (b) migrant women and unaccompanied minors. This chapter also summarizes the working methods settled on by the Special Rapporteur. Chapter III contains her final comments and recommendations. Addendum 1 to this report summarizes the communications sent by the Special Rapporteur in 2004 and the replies received from the Governments concerned. It also includes the Special Rapporteur’s comments on the situations described in the allegations transmitted and statistics on the communications sent by this special public mechanism since 1999. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur undertook official visits to the Islamic Republic of Iran (22-29 February 2004), Italy (7-18 June) and Peru (20-30 September). The reports on these visits are contained in addenda 2, 3 and 4 respectively.