A/HRC/38/40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 11 April 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-eighth session 18 June–6 July 2018 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity* Note by the Secretariat This is the first report prepared by Obiora Chinedu Okafor in his capacity as Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity. In the report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/3, the Independent Expert sets out his vision for the mandate, summarizes the work undertaken so far by his predecessors, outlines his objectives and methods of work, and discusses possible thematic priorities for the mandate. * The Independent Expert is grateful to the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Toronto, Canada, and to the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security at the same university, for their assistance in the preparation of the report. GE.18-05683(E) 