A/HRC/7/3 page 5 15. From 17 to 19 September, the Special Rapporteur participated in meetings of the Darfur group of experts held in Geneva. The interim report of the group of experts2 was presented to the sixth session of the Human Rights Council on 24 September. 16. On 28 September, the Special Rapporteur participated in a workshop in London organized by Amnesty International, and the Coalition of International NGOs against Torture, on “Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: definitions and implications”. 17. On 7 November, at the University of Innsbruck the Special Rapporteur delivered the keynote lecture entitled, “The global fight against torture and enforced disappearances”. 18. From 27 to 28 November, the Special Rapporteur participated in an international symposium in Vienna entitled, “Harmony in society and human rights in China”. 19. From 7 to 8 December, he delivered a presentation entitled, “Solitary confinement and isolation practices as a human rights problem”, at the Fifth International Psychological Trauma Symposium held in Istanbul. 20. On 9 December, the Special Rapporteur delivered a presentation entitled, “Challenges to human rights protection in the 21st century”, for the Human Rights Day lecture, organized by Amnesty International in Ingolstadt, Germany. 21. On 11 December, the Special Rapporteur participated in the expert seminar on Freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and persons with disabilities, organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The aim of the seminar was to facilitate an understanding of torture and other forms of ill-treatment in light of the recently adopted Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; to identify the forms of torture and ill-treatment most affecting persons with disabilities; and to help mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in the work of the Special Rapporteur and the Committee against Torture. 22. On 11 December, the Special Rapporteur participated in the presentation of the final report of the group of experts on Darfur3 to the resumed sixth session of the Human Rights Council. Press statements 23. On 7 December 2007, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Special Rapporteur, together with other special procedure mandate-holders, called upon States to address poverty with the utmost urgency. 2 A/HRC/6/7. 3 A/HRC/6/19.