A/HRC/45/19 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 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 Good practices and challenges to respecting, protecting and fulfilling all human rights in the elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity Follow-up report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 39/10, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights outlines initiatives related to the application of the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. The report also includes an analysis of maternal morbidity as a human rights concern, and conclusions and recommendations. GE.20-09378(E) 