A/HRC/21/46 themselves to make claims and establish that the violations that they had suffered would not remain without consequence. It also plays a strong catalytic role in the process of civil society organization. The concept of the rule of law also includes the conditions under which individuals and civil society at large are guaranteed meaningful participation in processes of law-making, through which they can give content to the notion of justice. 68. None of the proclaimed goals of the measures under the mandate can happen effectively with victims as the key without their meaningful participation. To ensure that reconciliation is not to be conceived as a substitute for justice, the mandate places special emphasis on the centrality of victims. The systematization of experiences in dealing with participatory and consultation processes across the four measures under the mandate is one of the topics the Special Rapporteur intends to tackle throughout his term. 69. Sensitivity to the different ways in which gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law affect, differently, men, women, and children is a sine qua non of the successful implementation of the measures under the mandate. The main issues the mandate will have to tackle include establishing the sort of participatory procedures for the design and implementation of the four different areas under the mandate that take into account different needs and opportunities of men, women, and children. 20