A/HRC/39/41
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 August 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-ninth session
10–28 September 2018
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
The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 12/2 of the Human Rights
Council. The Secretary-General highlights recent developments within the United Nations
system and beyond to address intimidation and reprisals against those seeking to cooperate
or having cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the
field of human rights. It presents the activities of the Assistant Secretary-General for
Human Rights as the senior official leading the efforts of the United Nations in this area.
The report contains information on alleged acts of intimidation and reprisals, including in
follow-up to cases included in the previous report (A/HRC/36/31) and prior to that. Owing
to the word limit, more information on selected cases is set out in annex I. Information on
follow-up to cases included in previous reports is provided in annex II. The report
concludes with a summary of trends and recommendations to address and prevent acts of
intimidation and reprisals.
* The annexes to the present report are reproduced as received.
GE.18-13325(E)