A/HRC/21/46 United Nations T General Assembly Distr.: General 9 August 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff Summary This is the first annual report submitted to the Human Rights Council by the first Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of nonrecurrence, Pablo de Greiff. Following the introduction, in chapter II of the report, the Special Rapporteur lists his key activities undertaken from 1 May to 25 July 2012. In chapter III, he focuses on the foundation of the mandate and presents an argument for the importance of taking a comprehensive approach to address gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, as noted in the resolution establishing the mandate, an approach that combines the elements of truth-seeking, justice initiatives, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence in a complementary and mutually reinforcing manner. In chapter IV, he sketches the implementation strategy for the mandate, highlighting the importance of carrying out further work on the linkages between these four different elements of the mandate, of drawing tighter connections with other types of policy interventions such as development and security policies, and of improving the efficacy of the measures in post-conflict and other contexts in which institutions are under severe strain. GE.12-15858