A/74/159
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 July 2019
English
Original: Spanish
Seventy-fourth session
Item 72 (b) of the preliminary list*
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 Assembly resolutions 66/164 and 68/181 and Human Rights
Council resolutions 16/5 and 25/18.
* A/74/50.
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