A/79/182 Conferences, seminars and media engagement 85. The Special Rapporteur has attended a number of in-person conferences and other events since January 2024, including in Costa Rica, Germany, Switzerland and the United States of America. A couple of those activities are outlined below. 86. From 24 to 26 March 2024, she participated in person in the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which was held in Geneva. In this context, she was a panellist at the special session on interfaith dialogue on ”Building bridges through interfaith dialogue for more peaceful and inclusive societies”, held on 25 March 2024. During her stay in Geneva, the Special Rapporteur held bilateral meetings with a number of national parliamentarians and other relevant actors. On 21 June 2024, the Special Rapporteur participated in a joint OHCHR/World Jewish Congress event pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 54/25 focused on combating antisemitism in the context of football. 87. The Special Rapporteur has further continued to explore avenues for collaboration with regional and international human rights systems to contribute to better protection of freedom of religion or belief through improved awareness, harmonization and cross-pollination. Through several activities, the Special Rapporteur established a basis for deeper collaboration with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. She also met with those working with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during her stay in Costa Rica in May 2024. In addition, the mandate holder has established cordial collaborative relationships with the African Union, and continued engagement with the Council of Europe. She warmly welcomes the opportunity to engage with other regional and subregional human rights systems regarding their freedom of religion or belief norms, activities and jurisprudence. 88. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur also deepened her engagement with civil society initiatives focusing on the intersection of freedom of religion or belief and sustainable development, with a view to developing shared strategies and activities. 89. Virtual engagements allowed the Special Rapporteur to broaden the scope of her participation and engagement activities and benefit from interaction with a wide range of actors. She participated in numerous meetings, training sessions and other events with a variety of governmental and civil society actors around the world, including events organized by Permanent Missions to the United Nations. Other organizers included the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development; Komnas Ham (the national human rights commission of Indonesia); the Cross-Party Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief (Scotland); the European Academy of Religion; the Open Society University Network; the Pan American Development Foundation; the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development; the Religious Liberty Partnership; the Parliament of Canada; the Swedish Institute for Human Rights; the University of Ottawa; the University of Sussex; Brigham Young University; the International Contact Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief; the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance; Uppsala University; the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom; and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, as well as civil society actors such as the Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action, the Christian Council of Sweden, Human Rights Watch, Bahá’í International Community, Colectivo Nicaragua Nunca Más, Globethics, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Geledés – Instituto da Mulher Negra, the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights, the Intra -Communal Professorial Group, the Jubilee Campaign and Outreach Aid to the Americas. 22/22 24-13239