A/HRC/16/52 Rapporteur initiated engagement with Guyana, Kenya, Pakistan and Venezuela, respectively, by requesting official country visits. D. Highlights of key presentations and consultations 7. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur attended various events at the international level. 8. On 2 September 2010, the Special Rapporteur delivered, in the presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a keynote speech on corruption and human rights at the inaugural conference of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in Vienna, Austria. 9. From 9 to 11 September, the Special Rapporteur participated in a round table celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in San Remo, Italy, on the theme “Global Violence: Consequences and Responses”, and gave a lecture on “Deprivation of liberty in armed conflict and other situations of violence – Legal Aspects - the Crime of Torture”. 10. On 13 and 14 September, the Special Rapporteur chaired a Working Group on “Reform of UN Human Rights Mechanisms” at the Annual Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI): “Reforming Human Rights Institutions: Progress and Status”, organised by the Icelandic Human Rights Centre/Norwegian Centre for Human Rights in Reykjavik, Iceland. 11. On 21 September, the Special Rapporteur gave a lecture on “Torture in the 21st Century - Experiences of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture” in Kampala, Uganda. He also met with the Human Rights Commission of Uganda, the Speaker of the Parliament, the Minister of Interior and the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. 12. On 22 September, the Special Rapporteur gave a lecture on “Torture – Brutal Means of Power” at the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) in Vienna, Austria. 13. From 29 September to 1 October, the Special Rapporteur participated in a follow-up visit to Astana, Kazakhstan, organized by the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia. On 29 September, he took part in consultative training for NGOs and State officials on public monitoring of closed institutions, conducted by Penal Reform International (PRI) and the OHCHR Regional Office, with support from the Open Society Institute, the British Embassy in Astana and the Coalition of NGOs of Kazakhstan against Torture. 14. On 30 September, he met with Kazakhstan ministries of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, Justice and Health, Supreme Court Judges and the General Prosecutor’s Office. On 1 October, he spoke at a round table organized jointly by the OHCHR Regional Office, the Office of the General Prosecutor, the Ministry of Justice, PRI, the NGO Coalition against Torture and the Open Society Justice Initiative to follow up with State officials and civil society the implementation of his recommendations since his initial visit in 2009. 15. On 5 October, the Special Rapporteur gave a lecture on his experience as Special Rapporteur at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark. On 6 October, he gave two lectures on his experience as Special Rapporteur in the context of a symposium on “Human Rights and Science” at Leopoldina National Academy of Science in Berlin, Germany, and in a symposium entitled “Comparison of Torture Preventive Mechanisms” at the University of Potsdam, Germany. 16. On 8 October, the Special Rapporteur presented the findings of his visit to Kazakhstan at a Panel Discussion on “Human Rights and Elite Corruption in Georgia, 5