A/HRC/45/45 Contents Page 2 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 I. Activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur ............................................................................. 3 II. General considerations ..................................................................................................................... 4 III. Objectives and regulatory framework of memorialization processes ............................................... 4 IV. Memory as a battlefield .................................................................................................................... 6 V. Memorialization in times of conflict ................................................................................................ 8 VI. Memory work in situations of transition .......................................................................................... 9 VII. Weaponization of memory through social networks ........................................................................ 13 VIII. Progressive development of memory and non-regression ................................................................ 17 IX. Conclusion and recommendations .................................................................................................... 17 GE.20-09155