A/HRC/24/42 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 28 August 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff* ** Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence lists key activities undertaken under the mandate between August 2012 and July 2013. He also analyses selected challenges faced by truth commissions in transitional periods and proposes responses to strengthen the effectiveness of those mechanisms in addressing gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law. The Special Rapporteur elaborates on the significant expansion of mandates of truth commissions, selection mechanisms for commissioners, and other issues relevant in the design and operation of commissions. Subsequently, he discusses concerns about lack of follow-up to truth commissions’ recommendations, the importance of archives and cultural interventions. * The footnotes in the present document are reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. ** Late submission. GE.13-16505