A/HRC/37/51
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 January 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventh session
26 February – 23 March 2018
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 situation of human
rights defenders
Note by the Secretariat
In the present report, prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 66/164 and
68/181 and Human Rights Council resolutions 16/5 and 25/18, the Special Rapporteur on
the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, reviews the overall situation of
persons acting to defend the rights of all people on the move. The Special Rapporteur aims
to draw attention to the difficult situation of those who act in solidarity with people on the
move and who seek to promote and to strive for the protection of their rights. He calls upon
all States and other actors to protect and promote the rights of defenders of people on the
move and to address the challenges that they face.
GE.18-00668(E)