HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS The High Commissioner and Commissioners of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights launch a Joint Mechanism to Contribute to the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas, October 2017. © OHCHR/South America In relation to the human rights treaty bodies, a number of general comments/general recommendations were issued, including in relation to gender-based violence against women (CEDAW); on the rights of girls and women to education (CEDAW); on State obligations in the context of business activities (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)); on children in street situations (CRC); the rights of children in the context of international migration (CRC and CMW); and the right to live independently and live in the community (CPRD). The HRC Advisory Committee, with UN Human Rights support, contributed to the progressive development of international human rights standards in the following areas: unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights; the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members; the negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights; regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights; national policies and human rights; the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights; the negative effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of all human rights; activities of vulture funds and their impact on human rights; and local governments and human rights. 14 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017 Enhanced coherence between human rights mechanisms Cooperation of the special procedures with the other international human rights mechanisms continued to be strengthened. For instance, to raise UN human rights experts’ awareness of the rights of persons with disabilities, some human rights treaty bodies consulted the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on the drafting of general comments (i.e., the Human Rights Committee on the General Comment on article 6 of the ICCPR). The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance enhanced his coordination with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, including by issuing a number of joint press releases and providing inputs to a decision that was adopted by the Committee under its early warning and urgent action procedures. The Special Rapporteur on violence against women collaborated with CEDAW in the development of General Recommendation No. 35 which expands the understanding of what constitutes gender-based violence against women. There was also enhanced synergy with regional human rights mechanisms. For instance, in May, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a