A/HRC/7/10/Add.1 page 5 2. The Special Rapporteur has developed this framework for communications into an online digest, which illustrates the international standards with pertinent excerpts of the mandateholders’ findings since 1986 according to the categories of the framework for communications. The online digest is available on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/religion/standards.htm). 3. Owing to restrictions on the length of documents, the Special Rapporteur has been obliged to summarize the communications sent and received. As a result, replies from Governments could not be published in their entirety. The names of alleged victims are reflected in this report, although exceptions may be made in relation to children and other victims of violence in relation to whom publication would be problematic. SUMMARY OF CASES TRANSMITTED AND REPLIES RECEIVED Australia Communication sent on 1 November 2007 jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people 4. The Special Rapporteurs brought to the attention of the Government information they had received concerning the possible imminent destruction of a sacred indigenous rock art complex situated in the Burrup Peninsula, Dampier Archipelago. The Dampier rock art and stone complex is reportedly one of the world’s largest concentrations of indigenous art and houses hundreds of sacred sites for indigenous peoples, comprising at least 600,000 petroglyphs. The site has a deep spiritual significance for the Ngarlumas and Western Ngarlumas (or Wong-Goo-Tt-Oo), and it is still being used by the local indigenous communities for spiritual ceremonies and healing practices. 5. According to the reports, in 1963, the Dampier Archipelago was selected as a site for a harbor and industrial complex, leading to a first wave of destruction of the Dampier art complex. After a brief suspension, industrial operations were resumed in 2001, leading to further destruction of rock art. According to the information received, 24.4% of the original art was reported to have been lost due to the construction of industrial sites. This includes the physical destruction of the rock art complex to leave way to the construction of the industrial plants, as well as the erosion of remaining art as a result of the acid rain caused by the emissions of these plants. Other rock art has been reportedly relocated to temporary holding areas and consequently, some of it has been irreversibly damaged. It is alleged that the removal of the rock art from the original sites has the same effect as physical destruction from the perspective of the local indigenous communities, as, to them, the rock art and the site are both sacred and inextricably linked, and their separation involves the destruction of their spiritual essence. 6. According to the reports, the company Woodside Energy, in conjunction with Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. and Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc., was planning to build a new plant, the Pluto LNG Project, to explore off shore natural gas field. The construction of the new plant affects the sites “A” and “B” of the Dampier complex. It was reported that the Ngarluma and Western Ngaluma (Wong-Goo-Tt-Oo) local communities had not been duly consulted with regard to the new