A/HRC/24/54 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 6 August 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth 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 Outcome of the panel discussion on common challenges facing States in their efforts to secure democracy and the rule of law from a human rights perspective Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 19/36 of the Human Rights Council. It provides a summary of the panel discussion, held on 11 June 2013, at the twenty-third session of the Human Rights Council, on common challenges facing States in their efforts to secure democracy and the rule of law from a human rights perspective, as well as on lessons learned and best practices in the engagement of the State with the international community to support such processes. GE.13-16125