A/HRC/37/33 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 November 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February – 23 March 2018 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 Protecting the rights of the child in humanitarian situations Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In the present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights describes the scale and impact of humanitarian situations on children and addresses the main challenges they face, focusing on the importance of child protection and the implementation of the rights to health and to education during emergency situations. He makes a number of recommendations on ensuring that children are put at the centre of humanitarian response and assistance. GE.17-20674(E) 