A/HRC/39/53 I. Introduction 1. In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 36/7, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabián Salvioli, lists the key activities undertaken by the previous mandate holder from August 2017 to April 2018, and his own activities conducted in May and June 2018, and gives an overview of his approach to the mandate and a preliminary outline of areas of interest. II. Activities of the previous mandate holder 2. The Special Rapporteur visited Sri Lanka from 10 to 23 October 2017 (see A/HRC/39/53/Add.1). 3. In September 2017, the Special Rapporteur participated in the thirty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council, presenting a thematic report on transitional justice in weakly institutionalized post-conflict settings (A/HRC/36/50) and a global study on transitional justice (A/HRC/36/50/Add.1). 4. On 19 and 20 September 2017, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, held a first expert group meeting with a view to preparing their joint study on the contribution of transitional justice to the prevention of gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, particularly to the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and their recurrence, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/19 (A/HRC/37/65), exploring the relationship between transitional justice and atrocity prevention, bringing together representatives of Member States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, special procedure mandate holders, civil society organizations and the academic community. At the meeting, participants focused on how education and constitutional reform could contribute to atrocity prevention. 5. From 25 to 27 October 2017, the Special Rapporteur presented his report on a comprehensive framework approach to prevention (A/72/523) to the General Assembly. 6. On 13 and 14 November 2017, a second expert group meeting was organized by the mandate holder together with the Special Adviser. At the meeting, participants emphasized the potential contributions of security sector reform and the strengthening of civil society to atrocity prevention. 7. From 14 to 17 November 2017, the Special Rapporteur participated in an event relating to the Truth, Justice and Remembrance project undertaken by the Robert Bosch Foundation, in Berlin. 8. From 30 November to 3 December 2017, the Special Rapporteur participated in an event organized by the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, in Bogotá. 9. On 2 March 2017, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, presented to the Human Rights Council their joint study on the contribution of transitional justice to the prevention of gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law (see para. 4 above). 10. On 5 March 2017, a high-level side event at the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council was held to launch the aforementioned joint study with the participation of the Special Rapporteur and the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, moderated by Tim Sebastian, with the participation of the Special Envoy of the African Union on Women, Peace and Security, Bineta Diop; the Regional Director for Asia Pacific at the Open Society Foundation, Binaifer Nowrojee; Marko Milanovic from the University of Nottingham; and Rama Mani from the University of Oxford. 3