A/HRC/35/27
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 April 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6-23 June 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 human rights of
internally displaced persons
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report
detailing the activities of the former Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally
displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, during the reporting period and until the end of his
tenure on 31 October 2016. In addition, the activities carried out so far by the new Special
Rapporteur, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, who assumed her mandate on 1 November 2016, as
well as her methods of work and strategic and thematic priorities, are presented.
GE.17-06189(E)