A/HRC/54/61
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 August 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-fourth session
11 September–6 October 2023
Agenda items 2 and 5
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of
the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Human rights bodies and mechanisms
Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and
mechanisms in the field of human rights
Report of the Secretary-General*, **
Summary
In the present report, the Secretary-General highlights activities, policy developments
and good practices within the United Nations system and beyond to address intimidation of
and reprisals against those seeking to cooperate or having cooperated with the
United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights. The report
includes observations on and recommendations for addressing and preventing intimidation
and reprisals, and information on allegations of intimidation and reprisals received during
the reporting period of 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2023, including follow-up information on
cases included in previous reports.
* The annexes to the present report are circulated as received, in the language of submission only.
** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
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