A/HRC/45/39 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda items 3 and 5 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Human rights bodies and mechanisms Study on national policies and human rights Report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee GE.20-09577(E) 