A/HRC/14/40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 June 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Office of the High Commissioner on the outcome of the expert consultation on the issue of protecting the human rights of civilians in armed conflict* Summary The present report summarizes the discussions held during the expert consultation on the issue of protecting the human rights of civilians in armed conflict, as requested by the Human Rights Council in resolution 12/5. * GE.10-13869 The present report was submitted late in order to take into account the expert consultation held on 31 March 2010.