A/HRC/41/32 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 June 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-first session 24 June–12 July 2019 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 Activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations system and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of older persons Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 39/18, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on the activities of the Office, the United Nations system and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of older persons. The report also contains information on practices and experiences of broader stakeholders, including Member States, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations. The report has been prepared on the basis of research conducted and information received from stakeholders, in order to serve as a basis for the panel discussion to be held during the forty-first session of the Council. * The present report was submitted after the deadline so as to include the most recent information. GE.19-10330(E) 