UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/6/7 22 September 2007 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Sixth session Item 4 of the agenda HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION Interim report on the situation of human rights in Darfur prepared by the group of experts mandated by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/8 presided by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan and composed of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences1 1 The annexes to the present report have not been edited by the editing unit of the United Nations Office at Geneva. GE.07-14192 (E) 240907