A/62/280 experts to discuss the implications of the report of the High-level Group for the Asia and Pacific region and to explore responses to it. 36. In Geneva, the Special Rapporteur participated in the fourteenth annual meeting of special rapporteurs/representatives, experts and chairpersons of working groups, held from 18 to 22 June 2007. Furthermore, at the request of the group of five experts established pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 1/5, 9 she submitted a written reply to the questionnaire on complementary standards on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. On 6 August 2007, she met with the members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for an exchange of views during its seventy-first session. III. Substantive issues 37. The two substantive issues developed in the present section are not the only issues of concern for the mandate on freedom of religion or belief; however, they refer to situations that have been raised in the context of the activities carried out by the mandate in recent months. Furthermore, the observations made hereafter by the Special Rapporteur are of a preliminary nature and need further elaboration. A. Situation of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons 1. Cases addressed previously by the mandate 38. The mandate frequently receives reports of the violation of the right to freedom of religion or belief of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons, who have fled their homes or have been expelled from their own country. For illustrative purposes, a non-exhaustive list of cases raised previously with Governments concerning these individuals or groups is given below. Past communications have not always sought to categorize cases strictly. In particular, it is noted that a person is a refugee within the meaning of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees as soon as he/she fulfils the criteria contained in the definition, which would necessarily occur prior to the time at which refugee status is formally determined. 10 (a) Bangladesh 39. In 2002, the Special Rapporteur wrote to the Government stating that since the 2001 elections religious minorities, especially Hindus, had been victims of repeated attacks, including dozens of killings and the rape of Hindu girls. Hundreds of families had reportedly been expelled from their land and had found refuge in India, and numerous attacks on Hindu temples were reported. 11 __________________ 9 10 11 12 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/61/53), chap. II, sect. A. See UNHCR Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol (HRC/IP/4/Eng/rev.1), January 1992, para. 28. A/57/274, paras. 17-20 and Government’s reply in E/CN.4/2003/66, para. 17. 07-48490