A/HRC/25/44 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 11 February 2014 English Original: French Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Guinea* Summary In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 23/23 of 14 June 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights describes the human rights situation in Guinea in 2013 and makes recommendations to address diverse human rights problems. The High Commissioner also provides information on the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guinea and on the results achieved through the technical assistance provided by the latter. The year 2013 saw the holding of legislative elections, long delayed owing to significant differences of opinion between the political actors as to their organization. During the reporting period, the Government continued its efforts to reform the security sector with the adoption of the national security policy and relevant sectoral policies, following a participatory process. The Government also adopted certain measures to improve conditions of detention, in particular the provision of better food and the building or renovation of certain prisons and infrastructure for the judiciary, the police and the gendarmerie. Numerous challenges remain, however, and most of these measures have not been accompanied by structural reforms likely to produce lasting results in the field of human rights. Impunity and weakness in the administration of justice remain a major concern, in particular, the failures in the judiciary which continue to erode the confidence of citizens in the justice system and which have led to the emergence of acts of private justice to the detriment of the rule of law. * Late submission. GE.14-10910 (E) *1410910*