A/HRC/39/71 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 August 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Aristide Nononsi, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 36/26. In its resolution 36/26, the Human Rights Council decided to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan for a period of one year and requested him to present a report at its thirty-ninth session. In the present report, which covers the period from September 2017 to June 2018, the Independent Expert analyses the situation of human rights in the Sudan, outlines recent developments and the continuing human rights challenges in the country, assesses the implementation of the recommendations contained in the previous reports of the Independent Expert as well as technical assistance provided to the Government of the Sudan by various bilateral and multilateral partners, identifies additional technical assistance and capacity-building needs and provides a list of recommendations, addressed to the Government and other stakeholders, necessary for improving the situation of human rights in the country. GE.18-13471(E) 