A/HRC/30/42 Rights Council panel debate on history teaching and memorialization processes, and participated in side events on gender and transitional justice and experiences on the implementation of transitional justice measures. He met with representatives of Armenia, Cambodia, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Japa n, Nepal, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Uruguay, as well as several non-governmental organizations. 8. In September 2014, the Special Rapporteur, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the organization Swisspeace organized in Geneva an expert workshop entitled “Archives in the Context of the Right to Know”. 9. Furthermore, in September 2014, the Special Rapporteur attended a regional conference in Guatemala on the role of the judiciary in the fight against impunity for international crimes. 10. In October, the Special Rapporteur, with the founding office of the Nuremberg Principles Academy, conducted an expert workshop on guarantees of non-recurrence, held in Nuremberg, Germany. 11. Also in October, he presented to the General Assembly his report (A/69/518) addressing reparations for victims in the aftermath of mass violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law. 12. In January 2015, the Special Rapporteur held meetings in Addis Ababa on the draft African Union Transitional Justice Framework, including with the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, the African Union Chairperson’s Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, and donors agencies and non-governmental organizations. 13. In February 2015, the Special Rapporteur presented a keynote speech at the conference entitled “Truth Commissions and Peace Processes: International Experiences and Challenges for Colombia”, organized by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the International Centre for Transitional Justice in Bogota. III. Guarantees of non-recurrence as part of a comprehensive transitional justice strategy 14. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur addresses the topic of developing a State policy on guarantees of non-recurrence in the aftermath of mass violations, understood as part of a comprehensive transitional justice strategy. It is to be read in conjunction with the 2015 report of the Special Rapporteur, to be presented to the General Assembly at its seventieth session, in which the Special Rapporteur elaborates on the topic of transitional justice and security sector reform. A. Legal foundation 15. International standards on guarantees of non-recurrence have grown significantly since 1993, when the term was first used in a United Nations report. 4 This is demonstrated, inter alia, by the explicit reference to “guarantees of nonrepetition” in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 4 See E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/8, paras. 47 and 48, and 55; and section IX, principle 11. 5