A/HRC/39/44 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 August 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10−28 September 2018 Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on cooperation with Georgia Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/40, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide technical assistance to Georgia through the presence of his office in Tbilisi and to present, inter alia, a written report on developments relating to and the implementation of the resolution at its thirty-ninth session. The Council also called for immediate access for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and international and regional human rights mechanisms to Abkhazia, Georgia, and to the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia. In the report the High Commissioner presents an update on technical assistance provided by OHCHR to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights in Georgia since the presentation of his first report on this subject in 2017 (A/HRC/36/65). He also highlights the main human rights developments and challenges that need to be further addressed. During the reporting period there has been no progress on granting access for OHCHR or international human rights mechanisms to Abkhazia and/or South Ossetia. The update contained in the report on the human rights situation concerning these regions is therefore based on information received by OHCHR and available in credible open-source documents. GE.18-13460(E) 