A/HRC/39/35 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 36/12, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to seek the views of States, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders on the target sectors, focus areas or thematic human rights issues for the fourth phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, bearing in mind possible synergies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other relevant initiatives on human rights education and training, and to submit a report thereon to the Council at its thirty-ninth session. The present report was prepared pursuant to that request. 2. On 16 March 2018, OHCHR addressed a request to Member States, national human rights institutions and other stakeholders for their views and contributions. The consultation was also announced on the OHCHR website. 3. As at 29 May 2018, OHCHR had received 48 submissions (including three joint submissions) from 52 respondents: 13 Governments, 16 national human rights institutions, 20 civil society organizations and three individuals. The submissions may be consulted on the web page dedicated to the World Programme on the OHCHR website. 4. The Governments of Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Thailand replied to the request sent by OHCHR. 5. The following national human rights institutions replied: the Office of the National Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación) of Argentina, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the National Human Rights Institute (Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos) of Chile, the Office of the Ombudsman (Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia) of Colombia, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the Office of the Ombudsman (Defensoría del Pueblo) of Ecuador, the Office of the Human Rights Advocate (Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos) of El Salvador, the Finnish Human Rights Centre, the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (Commission national consultative des droits de l’homme) of France, the Equality and Human Rights Commission of Great Britain, the Office of the National Commissioner for Human Rights (Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos) of Honduras, the National Human Rights Commission of India, the Nigerian National Human Rights Commission, the Office of the Ombudsman of Portugal, the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea and the Office of the Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) of Paraguay.1 6. The following civil society organizations and networks replied: Amnesty International jointly with Human Rights Education Associates, the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, the Asian Legal Resource Centre jointly with the Asian Human Rights Commission, the National Association for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Association nationale de promotion et de protection des droits de l’homme) of Cameroon, Associazione 21 luglio Onlus, Centre africain de recherche industrielle, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the European Youth Forum, Human Rights Educators USA, Human Rights Educators USA — D.C. Regional Representatives, Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Direitos Humanos, the Peruvian Institute of Education in Human Rights and Peace (Instituto Peruano de Educación en Derechos Humanos y la Paz), the International Federation of Social Workers, the International Planned Parenthood Federation jointly with the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, Maytree and Soka Gakkai International. Three individuals also submitted their views. 7. Additionally, on 6 March 2018, at the thirty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council, the Working Group on Human Rights Education and Learning of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations organized the side event on 1 Accreditation by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions suspended in October 2014. 3