A/HRC/55/56 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 29 January 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Rights of persons with disabilities Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Heba Hagrass* Summary In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council Resolution 53/14, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Heba Hagrass, provides an overview of activities undertaken in 2023, takes stock of the work and achievements of the mandate during the 10 years since it was created in 2014 and describes her vision of the mandate during her tenure. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.24-00836 (E) 260124 290124