Summary 

The present report provides a comprehensive overview of all the reports presented by special procedure mandate holders in 2024. It includes the list of mandate holders reporting at each of the three annual sessions of the Human Rights Council and at the General Assembly, the number of reports on country visits and any other reports submitted by the special procedures. It also contains information about the main themes addressed by mandate holders in their thematic reports, focusing on cross-cutting issues, such as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, women’s human rights and gender, the prevention of human rights violations and abuses, security, conflict and peacebuilding, elections and democracy, climate change, new technologies and children’s rights. The report further contains a reflection on the link between the work carried out by the special procedures and the Pact for the Future.