A/HRC/25/60 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with Council resolution 16/23. 2. The report of the Special Rapporteur on his visit to Ghana is contained in document A/HRC/25/60/Add.1. Document A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 contains observations made by the Special Rapporteur on cases sent to Governments between 1 December 2012 and 30 November 2013, as reflected in the communications reports of special procedures mandate holders (A/HRC/23/51, A/HRC/24/21 and A/HRC/25/74). II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur A. Upcoming country visits and pending requests 3. The Special Rapporteur plans to visit Mexico from 21 April to 2 May 2014 and Thailand from 4 to 18 August 2014. He also plans to visit Georgia and Guatemala in the period 2014–2015 and is engaged with the respective Governments to find mutually agreeable dates. He also notes with appreciation an outstanding invitation to visit Iraq. The Special Rapporteur, with support from the Anti-Torture Initiative at the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law, plans to conduct follow-up visits to Tunisia and Morocco in 2014. 4. The Special Rapporteur has reiterated his request for an invitation from the Government of the United States of America to visit the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on conditions that he can accept. His request to visit prisons in the United States, renewed on 3 October 2013 and 3 March 2014, is still pending. 5. After the second postponement of his planned visit to Bahrain, the Special Rapporteur has reiterated his request to the Government to suggest new dates. That request is still pending. B. Highlights of key presentations and consultations 6. On 18 October 2013, the Special Rapporteur held a dialogue with the families of prisoners in solitary confinement in Los Angeles, United States, and delivered a speech at the University of California at Berkeley entitled “The intersection of solitary confinement and international human rights.” 7. On 22 October 2013, the Special Rapporteur presented his interim report (A/68/295) to the General Assembly and participated in a side event entitled “Review of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners”. He also met with representatives of the Permanent Missions of Brazil, Denmark and Ghana. 8. On 28 October 2013, the Special Rapporteur submitted a written statement and testified during a public hearing on the human rights situation at Guantanamo Bay naval base before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C. 9. On 4 November 2013, the Special Rapporteur participated in an expert consultation on the use by executive agencies of information tainted by torture, organized by the Association for the Prevention of Torture in Geneva, Switzerland. 3