A/HRC/12/27 page 2 Summary The present report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 9/2, in which the Council requested the independent expert on human rights and international solidarity to continue his work on the preparation of a draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity, and to submit a report on the implementation of that resolution at its twelfth session. The present report is divided into three sections. In the first, the independent expert considers international solidarity as a principle of international human rights law; in the second, he deals with international solidarity in relation to the eradication of poverty; and in the third, he reviews international solidarity and cooperation in natural disasters and combating diseases. The independent expert highlights some elements of the scope, content and nature of obligations in the promotion and protection of the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity. The independent expert concludes that there is adequate evidence of the existence of a principle of international solidarity and numerous global public values, policies and both hard and soft laws, followed in practice, which can support the construction of a normative framework for human rights and international solidarity and the emergence of a right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity.