A/HRC/45/45 Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabián Salvioli, pursuant to Council resolution 36/7. In the report, the Special Rapporteur lists the main activities that he undertook between July 2019 and June 2020 and provides an analysis of memorialization processes in the context of serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law as the fifth pillar of transitional justice. 2. In 2019, the Special Rapporteur held an expert meeting at the United Nations Office at Geneva to obtain input for the present report. He also organized an open-ended consultation with States, international organizations, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations to give them an opportunity to express their views on the issue. The Special Rapporteur is grateful for the valuable contributions received. I. Activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur 3. Between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020, the Special Rapporteur sent visit requests to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Gambia, the Republic of Korea, Serbia and Tunisia. He is grateful for the positive responses received from these countries. He also renewed his request to visit Côte d’Ivoire. 4. On 10 September 2019, the Special Rapporteur met with Commissioner Antonia Urrejola of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 5. On 11 September 2019, the Special Rapporteur participated in the forty-second session of the Human Rights Council, at which he presented his thematic report on domestic reparation programmes. 6. On 24 October 2019, the Special Rapporteur participated in the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, at which he presented his report on apologies for serious human rights violations. 7. On 22 October 2019, the Special Rapporteur held a meeting with the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Oscar Fernández-Taranco, and with the interregional Group of Friends on the Responsibility to Protect. 8. On 25 October 2019, the Special Rapporteur met with representatives of the office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng. 9. From 20 to 27 November 2019, the Special Rapporteur made an official visit to the Gambia. 10. From 6 December 2019 to 31 January 2020, the Special Rapporteur collected contributions for the present report through an open-ended consultation. 11. On 10 and 11 December 2019, the Special Rapporteur held an expert meeting to obtain input for the present report. 12. On 26 February 2020, the Special Rapporteur participated in a lunchtime briefing in New York with representatives of Member States to discuss the role of the Security Council and the United Nations in the area of transitional justice. 13. From 27 April to 29 May 2020, through an open-ended consultation, the Special Rapporteur collected input on the gender perspective in transitional justice processes, for use in preparing his next report to the General Assembly. 14. Owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Special Rapporteur had to postpone his official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and an expert meeting on the gender perspective in transitional justice processes, and was unable to participate in several other events. GE.20-09155 3