A/HRC/28/56 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 7/13 and 25/6. It describes the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur since her effective appointment on 2 June 2014 and provides an outline of the direction that she intends to give to her work during her tenure. The second part of the report provides a thematic update on the issue of information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children. II. Activities A. Country visits 2. The outgoing Special Rapporteur conducted a follow-up visit to Honduras from 21 to 25 April 2014. The report of that visit is presented as an addendum (A/HRC/28/56/Add.1) to this report. 3. The new Special Rapporteur sent requests for visits to Armenia, Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Japan and Mozambique. She highly appreciates the positive responses received from Armenia and Georgia, and looks forward to agreeing on official dates for visits. In addition, as part of her commitment to continuing the work of her predecessors, the Special Rapporteur proposed new dates for a visit to India in 2015, and renewed requests for visits to Gambia, Thailand and Viet Nam. The Special Rapporteur recalls that the Human Right Council resolution 7/13 encourages States to respond favourably to these requests in order to enable her to fulfil her mandate effectively. The Special Rapporteur appreciates the invitations extended by the Governments of Belarus and Egypt to undertake an official visit to those countries, and will take them into consideration in the planning of future country visits. B. 1. Other activities Conferences, meetings and engagement with stakeholders 4. The Special Rapporteur participated in numerous conferences and expert meetings related to her mandate, which allowed her to exchange information on developments, share good practices and raise awareness of issues of concern in relation to her mandate. On 9 and 10 June, she attended an expert consultation on information and communication technologies and violence against children organized in San José by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. On 9 and 10 September, she participated at the Third Expert Meeting on Returns and Transfers in Practice: Case examples of children exposed to exploitation, trafficking and children at risk, organized in Vilnius by the Council of the Baltic Sea States. On 12 September, she participated at the day of general discussion on digital media and children’s rights organized in Geneva by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. On 10 October, she participated in the Annual Conference on the Rights of the Girl Child: A World without Child Marriage: How do we get there?, organized in Oslo by Plan Norway. 5. On 15 October, the Special Rapporteur presented her annual report (A/69/262) to the General Assembly. On 16 October, she participated at a high-level panel on information and communication technologies, the Internet and violence against children organized by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. On 21 3