A/HRC/30/59 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/28 of 3 October 2014 whereby the Council extended the mandate of the Independent Expert and asked her to submit a written report at its thirtieth session. 2. This report, which covers the period from May 2014 to the end of June 2015, is based on two visits to the Central African Republic, the first of which took place from 3 to 14 February 2015 and the second from 16 to 24 June 2015. It presents the conclusions of the Independent Expert and her recommendations to the Government of the Central African Republic and to the international community. 3. The Independent Expert would like to thank the authorities of the Central African Republic and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for ensuring that her two visits took place under optimum conditions. During the missions, the Independent Expert took care to listen to all stakeholders in order to gather their views and opinions on the human rights situation and on the possible solutions to improve it. With this aim in mind, she also met with the country’s most senior officials. The Independent Expert would like to express her gratitude to the Transitional Head of State, Ms. SambaPanza, for engaging in open and fruitful discussion with her. 4. The Independent Expert also spoke with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Justice, Reconciliation, Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action, Territor ial Administration and Tourism, as well as with senior representatives from the central and territorial administration, including the Prosecutor of Bangui. 5. She held extensive discussions with the leadership and other sections of MINUSCA, the Humanitarian Coordinator and specialized agencies of the United Nations, the force commanders of MINUSCA and Sangaris and representatives of the diplomatic corps, including the African Group of Ambassadors, representatives of the African Union and the mediator in the Central African Republic for the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). She also met with representatives of the European Union, France, the Russian Federation and the United States of America. 6. In addition, she participated in talks with representatives of various civil society organizations and associations, human rights organizations, women ’s organizations and youth organizations. She also met with leaders of the Interfaith Peace Platform and other religious officials. 7. The Independent Expert spoke with representatives of political parties and with the key representatives of the former Séléka forces and anti -balaka groups. 8. In addition to Bangui, she visited Berbérati and Boali, in the west of the country, and Bambari and Bria in the eastern central region, as well as displaced persons’ sites in Yaloké (north-west of Bangui) where she was accompanied by the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, and the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Mr. Chaloka Beyani. She also visited the displaced persons’ camp in M’poko, near to Bangui airport, and the PK5 Muslim enclave in Bangui. 9. The Independent Expert would particularly like to thank the Director of the Human Rights Division of MINUSCA and his staff for their support in organizing her visits. 10. The Independent Expert also participated in two interactive dialogues with the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic at its twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sessions. During the interactive dialogue of 30 GE.15-12489 5/22