A/HRC/21/46 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted by the first Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 18/7. In the report, the Special Rapporteur lists his key activities undertaken from 1 May to 25 July 2012 and describes the foundations of, and the implementation strategy for, the mandate. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur 2. After assuming functions on 1 May 2012, the Special Rapporteur participated in an informal discussion on “Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law”, held on 7 May at the United Nations in New York and hosted by Switzerland, Tunisia and the International Center for Transitional Justice, with an intervention on the mandate, the importance of its comprehensive approach and the relationship between transitional justice and the rule of law. 3. On 30 May 2012, in the context of the meeting of States and other parties interested in the topic of complementarity hosted by Sweden with the support of Denmark and South Africa in Stockholm, the Special Rapporteur gave a speech about the mandate and participated in discussions about the contribution that it can make to the practice of complementarity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 4. On 9 and 10 June 2012, the Special Rapporteur took part in a regional workshop on “The prevention of torture in the context of democratic transitions in North Africa”, held in Rabat, Morocco, and co-organized by the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Human Rights of Morocco, the Association for the Prevention of Torture and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and made an oral intervention in the session “Dealing with the legacy of torture through transitional justice mechanisms”. 5. On the occasion of the annual meeting of special procedures, on 13 June 2012, the Special Rapporteur held a general briefing for Member States, in which he outlined his initial thoughts on the implementation of the mandate and engaged in a dialogue with State representatives. During his stay in Geneva, he also met with the Ambassadors of Guinea, Spain and Uruguay. 6. From 27 to 29 June 2012, he attended a meeting organized by OHCHR on developments in transitional justice, which brought together academics, practitioners and representatives of OHCHR field presences. The Special Rapporteur intervened in an interactive session with the participants, discussing developments of, and practical challenges to, the area of transitional justice. 7. On 17 July 2012, the Special Rapporteur was the moderator and gave introductory remarks at a panel discussion organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Development Programme in New York to introduce a book entitled Transitional Justice and Displacement, 1 dealing with the contributions that the implementation of the measures under the mandate can make to the search for durable solutions to the problem of displacement, especially for women, who are particularly affected by displacement. 1 Ed. Roger Duthie (New York, 2012, The Social Science Research Council). 3