A/HRC/23/57 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 26 June 2013 English Original: French Human Rights Council Twenty-third session 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 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Mali* Summary This report is submitted pursuant to resolution 22/18 in which the Human Rights Council asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide it with an updated report on the human rights situation in Mali for consideration at its twenty-third session. On 25 April 2013, by resolution 2100, the United Nations Security Council decided to establish the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and that its mandate should be the following: (a) stabilization of key population centres and support for the re-establishment of State authority throughout the country; (b) support for the implementation of the transitional road map, including the national political dialogue and the electoral process; (c) protection of civilians and United Nations personnel; (d) promotion and protection of human rights; (e) support for humanitarian assistance; (f) support for cultural preservation; and (g) support for national and international justice. This report is the result of research carried out by a mission deployed in Mali by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) between 18 February and 22 March 2013 and supplemented by the MINUSMA Human Rights Division. The aim of the report is to give an account of the human rights situation prevailing in Mali since the High Commissioner’s previous report was submitted to the Council on 12 March 2013. The human rights situation in the north of the country remains precarious, being marked by violations of the right to life, enforced disappearances, torture, unlawful arrests, arbitrary detentions and destruction of property. These violations are attributed to armed * Late submission. GE.13-15228 (E) 141113 191113