A/HRC/28/64 B. Communications 6. The Special Rapporteur received information from diverse sources about human rights violations perpetrated against national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. Based on that information, she sent communications in the form of letters of allegation and urgent action letters relating to minority issues to the Member States concerned – most jointly with other relevant mandates. Those communications and the responses from the Governments concerned are available to the public in the joint communications reports of the special procedures submitted to the Human Rights Council.1 C. Additional activities Events, conferences and outreach 7. On 16 and 17 January 2014, the Special Rapporteur participated in the second international colloquium on “Roma Segregated Housing as a Human Rights Challenge”, organized in Madrid by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Regional Office for Europe, and the Government of Spain. 8. On 17 and 18 January 2014, she gave the keynote speech on “The rights and security of religious minorities” at the International Conference-Symposium on “Religious Liberty and Religious Minorities”, organized by the International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty and Complutense University, in Madrid. 9. On 5 February 2014, the Special Rapporteur delivered a lecture at the Central European University, in Budapest, on “The role of the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues”, as part of the course “Peoples’ Rights and Minority Rights”. 10. From 4 to 6 March 2014, she participated in the first international meeting of “Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes” (GAAMAC), in San José, where she addressed the role of prevention through urgent and coordinated actions in the light of early-warning signs. 11. On 26 March 2014, she gave a lecture at the Hungarian National Public Service University, in Budapest, on “The rights and challenges on Roma, possible policy responses and the role of the media”. 12. On 12 May 2014, the Special Rapporteur delivered the 2014 annual Sabhal Mòr Ostaig lecture on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in which she focused on the general United Nations framework for minority rights protection, with specific attention to the trends and concerns regarding linguistic minorities. 13. On 17 June 2014, she participated in the side event on “Caste-based violence against women and girls”, organized by the International Dalit Solidarity Network, in Geneva. She discussed the role of special procedures in combating caste-based discrimination and violence. 14. On 18 June 2014, the Special Rapporteur participated in a panel discussion on “Preventative tools of human rights mechanisms in Geneva – Part I: Special Procedures Mandate Holders”, organized by the Responsibility to Protect Core Group, in which she addressed how special procedures could help prevent human rights violations, particularly mass atrocity crimes, by identifying situations at risk. 1 4 See www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/CommunicationsreportsSP.aspx.