United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/30/45 Distr.: General 10 August 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Idriss Jazairy Summary The present annual report is the first to be submitted to the Human Rights Council by the first Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Idriss Jazairy. In the report, the Special Rapporteur describes the activities undertaken since taking office in 1 May 2015 and his views on the foundations and context of the mandate. He provides some clarifying definitions concerning unilateral coercive measures and some elements on guidance from international law, human rights law and humanitarian law. Finally, he presents some preliminary observations, the implementation strategy for the mandate and some projected activities. GE.15-13475(E) *1513475*