A/HRC/36/31
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 March 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11–29 September 2017
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 to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council
resolution 12/2. In the report, the Secretary-General highlights the recent developments in
the United Nations system and beyond in relation to the issue of reprisals. He presents the
activities of the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights as the senior official leading
the efforts of the United Nations to address acts of intimidation and reprisal against those
seeking to cooperate or who have cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and
mechanisms on human rights. The report also contains information on alleged acts of
intimidation and reprisals, including in follow-up to cases included in the previous report
(A/HRC/33/19). More extensive information on selected cases has also been attached (see
annex I). The Secretary-General concludes the report with recommendations on addressing
and preventing all such cases.
* The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to include the most recent information.
** The annexes to the present report are reproduced as received.
GE.18-04927(E)