A/HRC/58/49 Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the Deputy Managing Director for Global Affairs at the European External Action Service. 94. The Special Rapporteur has continued to strengthen her cooperation with various mechanisms. She provided input to an upcoming report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on ensuring quality education for peace and tolerance for every child, as mandated by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 54/5, which will be presented to the Council at its fifty-ninth session. 95. Since 15 July 2024, the Special Rapporteur has initiated or joined 12 communications addressed to Governments concerning a range of violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief.115 She has also initiated or joined several press releases and other public statements on issues related to her mandate.116 B. Conferences, seminars and media engagement 96. The Special Rapporteur has attended a number of in-person conferences and other events since July 2024. Some of those activities are outlined below. 97. The Special Rapporteur has continued to explore avenues for collaboration with the 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, she has continued to deepen her collaboration with the Organization of American States (OAS), particularly the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, with whom she is in regular contact on issues of common interest. In September 2024, she participated in a briefing for OAS member States prior to the launch of the Commission’s study on inter-American standards on freedom of religion or belief. 98. The Special Rapporteur has also continued to engage with the African Union and the Council of Europe, and would be interested in further strengthening collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In August 2024, she participated in the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights Conference on promoting freedom of religion or belief. 99. Online 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 through meetings, training sessions and events with various governmental and civil society actors around the world, including events with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the faith and belief representative group of the government of Scotland and OHCHR. She also gave a number of interviews to the media. 115 116 GE.24-24412 See https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/. See the Special Rapporteur’s webpage for further details: https://www.ohchr.org/en/specialprocedures/sr-religion-or-belief. 19