A/HRC/30/42 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/3. In it, the Special Rapporteur presents the key activities undertaken from July 2014 to June 2015, and addresses the topic of establishing a policy on guarantees of non-recurrence in the aftermath of mass violations. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur A. Country visits and regional consultations 2. The Special Rapporteur undertook a country visit to Burundi ( see A/HRC/30/42/Add.1; A/HRC/30/CRP.1) and an advisory visit to Sri Lanka. 1 He thanks both Governments for their invitations and coopera tion. 3. The Special Rapporteur is pleased to announce he will undertake a country visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in November 2015. A further invitation was extended by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire. Other pending visit requests concern Brazil, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Guinea, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda and Sri Lanka. 4. The Special Rapporteur will undertake a regional consultation on transitional justice for the Asia-Pacific region in December 2015. As with previous consultations, the results will form part of the study requested in paragraph 1 (f) of Human Rights Council resolution 18/7. B. Communications and press releases 5. From July 2014 to June 2015, the Special Rapporteur sent communications to Chile, Egypt, Guatemala, Italy, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and the Russian Federation; 2 prepared an open letter to the United States of America; and issued press releases on Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Colombia, Nepal, Spain and the United States. C. Other activities 6. In August 2014, the Special Rapporteur participated as panellist in a national forum on victims, organized in Cali, Colombia, at the request of the peace negotiation representatives of the Government of Columbia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Peopleʼs Army (FARC-EP).3 7. During the period in question, the Special Rapporteur presented his report (A/HRC/27/56) addressing the topic of prosecutorial strategies in the aftermath of mass atrocities and his visit reports on Spain and Uruguay (A/HRC/27/56/Add.1 and A/HRC/27/56/Add. 2, respectively). In addition, he was a panellist in the Human 1 2 3 4 See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15820&LangID=E. See A/HRC/28/85, A/HRC/29/50 and A/HRC/30/27. See www.hchr.org.co/publico/pronunciamientos/ponencias/PDeGreiff_Cali_Agosto_2014.pdf.