A/HRC/4/21 page 12 (2) discrimination on the basis of freedom of religion or belief; (3) the situation of vulnerable groups, including women, children, refugees, members of minorities and persons deprived of their liberty; (4) the intersection of freedom of religion or belief with other human rights; and (5) cross-cutting issues. 32. The framework for communications enables the Special Rapporteur to determine which elements, if any, of the mandate on freedom of religion or belief are raised by each allegation and to send more specific, tailored communications. In particular, it allows her to draw the attention of the Government concerned to the particular international standards on the specific issue or issues and to ask pertinent questions about compliance. Furthermore, it is intended to serve as a guide to the types of issues that are the subject of communications and, thus, it could be a useful tool for NGOs and other actors in their interactions with the Special Rapporteur. 33. Uploading the framework for communications on the OHCHR website will make the legal basis of freedom of religion or belief even more easily accessible for Governments and for civil society worldwide. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur plans to develop the existing framework into an online digest, illustrating the international standards with pertinent excerpts of the mandate-holders’ findings according to the categories of her framework for communications. Consequently, the 20 years of mandate practice up to now may eventually help to flesh out the legal standards and contribute to their implementation. Compiling this online digest is a time-consuming endeavour, especially as the human resources available to her mandate are very limited but exceedingly dedicated, however, the Special Rapporteur hopes to present a preliminary version in 2007. III. ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE MANDATE A. Vulnerable situation of women 34. Since 1996, the Commission on Human Rights has persistently stressed in its resolutions the need for the Special Rapporteur to apply a gender perspective, inter alia, through the identification of gender-specific abuses in the reporting process, including in information collection and recommendations. Although some countries initially have been reluctant to see the nexus between the discrimination of women and the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, it is now accepted that the mandate-holder will raise cases or highlight situations that relate to the status of women. Furthermore, resolution 2005/40 of the Commission on Human Rights explicitly invited the Special Rapporteur to address “the situations of violations and discrimination that affect many women as a result of religion or belief”. 35. The Special Rapporteur regularly sends joint urgent appeals and allegation letters on this issue together with other special procedures holders, such as the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences as well as the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. The above-mentioned framework for communications contains a subcategory devoted to the vulnerable situation of women. This subcategory details the applicable international human rights standards, e.g. articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and Human Rights Committee general comment No. 28 (2000) on the equality of rights between men and women.