A/71/281
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 August 2016
Original: English
Seventy-first session
Item 69 (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
Situation of human rights defenders
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 situation of human rights defenders, Michel
Forst, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 66/164 and 68/181 and
Human Rights Council resolutions 16/5 and 25/18.
* A/71/150.
16-13450 (E)
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*1613450*