A/76/258
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 July 2021
Original: English
Seventy-sixth session
Item 75 (b) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: human
rights questions, including alternative approaches for
improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion
and expression
Note by the Secretary-General **
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to
freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, in accordance with Human Rights
Council resolution 43/4, paragraph 5.
* A/76/150.
** The present report was submitted after the deadline as a result of consultations with the
Member States.
21-10583 (E)
260821
*2110583*