A/HRC/22/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 January 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-second session 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 Effective measures and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 19/35 requesting the High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare and submit a thematic report on effective measures and best practices to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests. Member States, regional organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations provided input for this report. In accordance with resolution 19/35, this report also includes information drawn from treaty bodies and relevant thematic special procedure mandate holders. * GE.13-10232 Late submission.