A/HRC/39/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 July 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 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 Draft guidelines for States on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present draft guidelines, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 33/22, provide a set of orientations for States on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs. The draft guidelines refer to a number of basic principles that should guide the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs. Various dimensions of that right are covered, with a focus on participation in electoral processes, in non-electoral contexts and at the international level, and recommendations have been formulated. GE.18-12071(E) 