A/HRC/30/42 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur ................................................................................................ 4 A. Country visits and regional consultations ................................................................................ 4 B. Communications and press releases ......................................................................................... 4 C. Other activities ......................................................................................................................... 4 Guarantees of non-recurrence as part of a comprehensive transitional justice strategy ................... 5 A. Legal foundation ...................................................................................................................... 5 B. Conceptual issues..................................................................................................................... 6 C. Framing considerations ............................................................................................................ 8 Institutional interventions ................................................................................................................. 10 A. Basic preconditions .................................................................................................................. 10 B. Ratification of treaties .............................................................................................................. 11 C. Legal reforms ........................................................................................................................... 12 D. Judicial reforms ....................................................................................................................... 13 E. Constitutional reform ............................................................................................................... 15 Societal interventions ....................................................................................................................... 18 A. Ceasing attacks and threats and removing obstacles ................................................................ 19 B. Legal empowerment ................................................................................................................ 19 C. Creating enabling environments ............................................................................................. 20 Interventions in the cultural and the individual spheres ................................................................... 21 A. Education ................................................................................................................................. 21 B. Arts and culture........................................................................................................................ 21 C. Archives ................................................................................................................................... 22 D. Trauma counselling and psychosocial support ........................................................................ 22 VII. Observations and recommendations ................................................................................................. 23 Annex Set of general recommendations for truth commissions and archives.............................................. 27 III. IV. V. VI. 3