A/HRC/11/7 page 4 on the theme “Working with the United Nations special procedures system to fight torture and other forms of ill treatment by acting on their economic, social and cultural root causes”, organized by the World Organization against Torture in Geneva. 8. From 30 July to 2 August 2008, the Special Rapporteur participated in a workshop on immigration and integration organized by the University of Jaén (Spain). 9. From 24 to 26 August 2008, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Regional Durban Conference in Abuja, as part of the preparations for the Durban Review Conference, held in Geneva in April 2009. 10. From 11 to 13 September 2008, the Special Rapporteur participated in the third World Social Forum on Migrations, held in Rivas Vaciamadrid (Spain). 11. On 30 September and 1 October 2008, the Special Rapporteur attended the International Conference on the Protection of the Rights of Children in the Context of International Migration, in Mexico City, organized by OHCHR and the Government of Mexico. 12. On 24 and 25 October 2008, the Special Rapporteur and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences participated in the 2008 joint regional consultation on migrant domestic workers, organized by the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, the Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility and the Global Alliance against Traffic in Women, in Manila. 13. From 27 to 29 October 2008, the Special Rapporteur attended the second Global Forum on Migration and Development, in Manila. 14. On 7 November 2008, the Special Rapporteur participated in the fifth International Congress on Migration and Development, organized by the University Rafael Landívar and the Migrants Jesuit Service, in Guatemala. 15. On 13 November 2008, the Special Rapporteur participated in the 2008 Robert G. Mead Jr. lecture at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut (United States of America). 16. On 18 November 2008, the Special Rapporteur attended the working group on United States-Mexico migration at the Centre Woodrow Wilson, in Washington, D.C. 17. The Special Rapporteur issued four joint statements in 2008. II. THEMATIC ISSUES: THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN THE CONTEXT OF MIGRATION A. Migration and the international protection afforded to children 1. General background on migration and children 18. Children have always been part of migration and affected by it in different ways. Children left behind by migrant family members are affected by migration in countries of origin. Children