A/HRC/40/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 January 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Fortieth session 25 February–22 March 2019 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 Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/34, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to present her report in conformity with its annual programme of work. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-00360(E) 