A/HRC/34/42 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 January 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 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 situation of human rights in Libya, including on the effectiveness of technical assistance and capacitybuilding measures received by the Government of Libya Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to resolution 31/27 of the Human Rights Council, was prepared in cooperation with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. It describes the situation of human rights in Libya and sets out the support provided to key Libyan institutions with regard to the protection of civilians, groups in focus, administration of justice, the rule of law and transitional justice. It concludes with recommendations addressed to all parties to the conflict, the Government, the international community and the Human Rights Council. GE.17-00526(E) 