A/HRC/34/34
rights (A/HRC31/59) and Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences (A/HRC/32/32).
16.
The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions () and
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons presented their final
reports, containing an overview of activities undertaken during their six-year tenure,
including the progress made and the challenges remaining (A/HRC/32/39 and
A/HRC/32/35).
17.
Thematic reports published in 2016 concerned a range of human rights issues,
including the human rights impact of agro-industrial operations on indigenous and local
communities (A/71/291), the rights of persons with disabilities to participate in decisionmaking (A/HRC/31/62), human rights and climate change (A/HRC/31/52), freedom of
expression and the private sector in the digital age (A/HRC/32/38), fundamentalism and its
impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (A/HRC/32/36),
protecting the independence of judges and lawyers and the legal profession (A/71/348), and
bilateral and multilateral trade agreements and their impact on the human rights of migrants
(A/HRC/32/40).
18.
Several mandate holders in their reports focused on integrating gender perspectives
in their thematic areas, including in relation to the right to food (A/HRC/31/51), the
prohibition of torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment (A/HRC/31/57) and the
realization of the human rights to water and sanitation (A/HRC/33/49).
19.
Other mandate holders focused on (post-) conflict and humanitarian crises, including
in relation to the intentional destruction of cultural heritage (A/71/317), minorities in
situations of humanitarian crises (A/71/254), trafficking of persons in conflict and postconflict situations (A/HRC/32/41 and A/71/303) and national consultations on the design
and implementation of transitional justice measures (A/71/567).
20.
The Sustainable Development Goals were also the focus of reports issued by some
mandate holders, including illicit financial flows, human rights and the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development (A/HRC/31/61) and the right to health and the Sustainable
Development Goals (A/71/304).
G.
Contributions to standard-setting, and human rights protection and
promotion
21.
The Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and
other business enterprises issued its final Guidance on National Action Plans on Business
and Human Rights,2 in which it made recommendations on the development,
implementation and update of national action plans on business and human rights.
22.
The Special Rapporteur on minority issues produced the handbook “Language rights
of linguistic minorities: a practical guide for implementation”,3 which aims to serve as a
practical tool to assist policymakers and rights-holders in better understanding linguistic
rights, and provides best practices that can be replicated in different contexts.
23.
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders conceptualized
good practices in the protection of human rights defenders and measures that foster an
enabling environment for the defence of their rights. The Special Rapporteur identifies
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3
Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Business/UNWG_NAPGuidance.pdf.
Available fromwww.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Minorities/SRMinorities/Pages/LanguageRights.aspx.
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