A/HRC/42/48 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 30 July 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order* Summary The Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order devotes his second thematic report to the Human Rights Council to the intersectional topic of public participation and decision-making in global governance spaces and its impact on a democratic and equitable international order. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-13021(E) 