United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/44/53/Add.1* Distr.: General 27 April 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 15 June–3 July 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Ukraine Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity**, *** Summary In the report on his visit to Ukraine from 30 April to 10 May 2019, the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, assesses the implementation of existing national and international human rights standards to combat violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and gives a panoramic view of the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse persons in Ukraine. In light of the information collected prior to, during and after the visit, he identifies positive steps and remaining challenges and formulates recommendations to strengthen the protection of persons against phobia-based hate crimes and violence and to curtail, and ultimately eradicate, discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. * Reissued for technical reasons on 30 June 2020. ** The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in English only. *** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitters’ control. GE.20-06067(E) 