A/HRC/34/58
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 December 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February-24 March 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons
with disabilities
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, pursuant to Council
resolution 26/20. In her report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of the
activities undertaken in 2016, as well as a thematic study on access to support by persons
with disabilities. The study includes guidance for States on how to ensure the provision of
different forms of rights-based support and assistance for persons with disabilities, in
consultation with them.
GE.16-22489(E)