A/HRC/28/40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 December 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth 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 Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the protection of the family Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report contains a summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the protection of the family and its members, which was held to address the implementation of States’ obligations under relevant provisions of international human rights law and to discuss challenges and best practices in that regard. The discussion took place on 15 September 2014 during the twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council, having been mandated in resolution 26/11 adopted on 26 June 2014 during the twenty-sixth session of the Council. GE.14-24775 (E) 