A/HRC/40/46 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 February 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Fortieth session 25 February–22 March 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 Situation of human rights in Libya, including the implementation of technical assistance and capacity-building and efforts to prevent and ensure accountability for violations and abuses of human rights* Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In her report, submitted pursuant to resolution 37/41 of the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner describes the situation of human rights in Libya and the support provided to key Libyan institutions with regard to the protection of civilians and individuals hors de combat, as well as women, children, migrants and civil society actors, and addresses the administration of justice, transitional justice and the implementation of the human rights due diligence policy on United Nations support to non-United Nations security forces. She concludes with recommendations addressed to all parties to the conflict, the Government of Libya, the international community and the Council. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-01650(E) 