A/HRC/39/44 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Technical assistance and human rights developments .................................................................. 3 A. III. 2 Main areas of technical assistance provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ........................................................................................ 4 B. Access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia ................................................................................. 7 C. Situation of internally displaced persons and refugees ......................................................... 9 D. Human rights framework and key issues concerning Abkhazia and South Ossetia .............. 9 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 16