A/HRC/41/27 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 1 May 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-first session 24 June–12 July 2019 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 Human rights in the response to HIV Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 38/8, a consultation on human rights in the response to HIV was held in Geneva on 12 and 13 February 2019. Participants discussed issues and challenges pertaining to the respect for and the promotion of human rights in the response to HIV, with a focus on regional and subregional strategies and best practices. The present report contains a summary of the discussions held and the recommendations made at the consultation. * The annex to the present document is reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.19-07010(E) 