A/71/398 indigenous women in British Columbia, Canada. She also participated in a regional consultation on enhancing cooperation in the Americas and delivered a keynote address at the launch of the report of the Commission on the criminalization of the work of human rights defenders. 7. The Special Rapporteur participated in a forum for global women leaders, he ld in Sofia on 20 May 2016 and organized jointly by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Council of Women of Business in Bulgaria, speaking on the issue of women and peace and security and development. 8. On 23 May 2016, the Special Rapporteur participated in the twenty-fifth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, in Vienna, and delivered opening remarks on future cooperation. She also participated in a panel on girls fleeing conflict, terror, catastrophes and the perils of flight organized by the Academic Council on the United Nations System. 9. The Special Rapporteur, with the support of the London School of Economics, convened an expert group meeting on femicide on 1 June 2016 aimed at collecting input for the present report. 10. During the twenty-second annual meeting of special rapporteurs/ representatives, independent experts and working groups of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, held on 9 June, the Special Rappor teur and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders co -hosted a dialogue on women human rights defenders. On 10 June, both she and the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order participated in a working lunch on violence against women in politics. 11. At the thirty-second session of the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur presented her first vision-setting report, the reports on her official visits to South Africa and Georgia and the report of her predecessor on her visit to the Sudan (A/HRC/33/42/Add.1). She also participated in a panel on violence against indigenous women and girls and its root causes, which was organized as part of the annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, and in a number of activities and side events, including a side event on women human rights defenders, a discussion on online violence against women and a panel discussion on preventing and responding to violence against indigenous women. In addition, she held numerous bilateral meetings with State representatives and met the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, survivors of violence and representatives of several regional groups, civil society organizations and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 12. The Special Rapporteur delivered a statement in Vienna on 22 July 2016 during the high-level opening panel of the conference on combating violence against women in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe region. 13. The Special Rapporteur spoke at a conference held in Pachuca, Mexico on 26 and 27 July 2016 on the regional exchange of good practices on the challenges and struggles in combating violence against women. 4/24 16-16456