A/HRC/25/48 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 7/13 and 19/37. It describes the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur since her last report in March 2013 and provides a thematic overview of the main issues relating to the mandate as well as the lessons learned from the experience of the Special Rapporteur during her six-year tenure. II. Activities A. Country visits 2. Since her previous report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/22/54 and its addenda) in March 2013, the Special Rapporteur has undertaken visits to Kyrgyzstan from 15 to 26 April, Madagascar from 15 to 26 July and Benin from 28 October to 8 November 2013. The reports on these visits are presented as addenda (A/HRC/22/54/Add.1, 2 and 3, respectively) to this report. Her country visit to India, initially scheduled to take place from 16 to 27 April 2012, was postponed at the request of the Government in April 2012. The Special Rapporteur regrets that this visit did not take place. 3. The Special Rapporteur is yet to receive replies to her requests for invitations from Cambodia, Canada, Gambia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Viet Nam and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as confirmation of the new dates for the visit to India. B. 1. Other activities Conferences, seminars and engagement with civil society 4. The Special Rapporteur participated in numerous conferences, workshops and seminars during the period under review. She delivered a keynote speech at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) conference on crimes against children, held in Bangkok from 19 to 21 March 2013. On 28 and 29 May, she participated in a conference organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Dominican Republic on good practices relating to the prevention of sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in travel and tourism. She made a presentation at a seminar on psychosocial support for street children organized by the SAMU Social non-governmental organization in Paris from 6 to 11 June. A keynote speech was delivered on her behalf at an ECPAT conference on sports events and child protection organized in Warsaw on 13 and 14 June. She also participated in a regional consultation organized by ECPAT in Addis Ababa on 1 and 2 August 2013 on actions to stop the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Africa. On 12 September, she participated in a workshop on the protection of migrant children in the framework of the International Metropolis Conference in Tampere. On 18 September, the Special Rapporteur participated in an International Organization of la Francophonie workshop on alternative care in Paris. On 28 September, she gave a lecture at the International University of Rabat on children’s rights. She reported to the General Assembly on 16 October and participated in a panel event on 17 October organized by the European Union and Uruguay on A World Fit for Children. On 10 and 11 December, she attended a round table on promoting and protecting the rights of street children in SouthEast Asia organized jointly by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Consortium for Street Children and AVIVA in Singapore. 3