A/64/215 D. Highlights of key presentations, consultations and training courses Strengthening partnerships to improve follow-up 19. On 24 April, the Special Rapporteur delivered a statement at the eighteenth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, at the Vienna International Centre, and gave a press conference to draw attention to the need for closer cooperation between the human rights mechanisms and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 20. On 22 June, the Special Rapporteur met in Geneva with the members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to discuss how the two mechanisms could reinforce each other. 21. On 25 June, the Special Rapporteur held a joint meeting with various representatives of the European Commission and its Directorate-General for External Relations in Brussels to discuss possible follow-up actions to his recommendations. Awareness-raising activities in relation to the mandate 22. On 29 January, the Special Rapporteur participated in a panel discussion on “female genital mutilation: human rights violation or cultural tradition?”, which was organized by the Renner Institute and Stop FGM in Vienna. 23. On 17 February, the Special Rapporteur delivered a public lecture on “The prevention of torture in the world” at the Institut des hautes études européennes at the University of Strasbourg in France. 24. During the ninth informal Asia-Europe Meeting seminar on human rights, held in Strasbourg, France, from 18 to 20 February, the Special Rapporteur delivered a presentation on “Human rights in criminal justice systems”. 25. On 23 February, the Special Rapporteur participated in a panel regarding “Are adequate legal frameworks in place at the domestic level?: the protection provided by international law” at the International Conference on the Prevention of Torture and other Ill-Treatment, organized by the American University Washington College of Law and the Association for the Prevention of Torture, in Washington, D.C. 26. The Special Rapporteur also delivered a presentation on “A human rightsbased approach to drug policy: a topic for the United Nations?” at the twentieth annual conference of the International Harm Reduction Association, held in Bangkok from 20 to 23 April. 27. On 24 April, the Special Rapporteur participated in a panel discussion on the occasion of the presentation of the “Guidelines for chaplain/prison pastoral care agents to prevent and combat torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment”, organized by the International Commission for Catholic Prison Pastoral Care, in Vienna. 28. On 22 May, the Special Rapporteur participated in a round table with a former Guantánamo detainee at the Centre for Post-Graduate Studies in Sarajevo. 29. On 28 May, the Special Rapporteur delivered a presentation on “Investigating torture: cooperation between the Special Rapporteur on torture and forensic experts” 09-43792 7