A/HRC/32/39 30. On 1 March 2016, he joined in issuing a statement welcoming the judgment of two former military officials for crimes against humanity in Guatemala and calling on the authorities to ensure appropriate redress for the victims. 31. On 30 March 2016, he issued a statement on the alleged summary execution of a Palestinian in Hebron by Israeli security forces. 32. On 7 April 2016, the Special Rapporteur joined in issuing a statement welcoming the new Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa, drafted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. 33. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur joined in issuing other statements on the death penalty in Chad, China, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United States of America and Zambia. D. International and national meetings 34. The activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur during the period from 14 April to 14 July 2015 are outlined in his report to the General Assembly at its seventieth session (A/70/304). 35. During the reporting period, pursuant to Council resolution 25/38, along with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, the Special Rapporteur continued consultations with States and civil society concerning the management of assemblies, in Pretoria (6-7 August 2015), Istanbul, Turkey (27-28 August 2015), and Geneva, Switzerland (22-24 October 2015). 36. On 4 and 5 September 2015, he participated in an experts meeting on a draft general comment on article 4 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, organized jointly by his mandate, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. 37. On 7 September 2015, he participated in a seminar on investigations during armed conflict, organized by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. 38. On 21 October 2015, he visited the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre, in Gravesend, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 39. On 29 October 2015, he participated in a panel event in New York on the revision of the Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions. 40. On 3 November 2015, he spoke in Banjul at the joint thematic dialogue on sexual orientation and gender identity organized by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations. 41. On 10 December 2015, he spoke at the launch in Geneva of The War Report: Armed Conflict in 2014. 42. On 3 February 2016, he participated in an expert meeting in Geneva on the use of force by corporate entities, aimed at informing the present report. 43. From 4 to 6 February 2016, he convened in Geneva two working groups (legal and forensic) on the revision of the Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions. 44. On 5 February 2016, he presented an update in Geneva to States on the Minnesota Protocol. 5