UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/12/46 27 August 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary This report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/30. It identifies obstacles and challenges to integrating the human rights of women and a gender perspective throughout the United Nations system and in the work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms. The report also provides information on the obligations of Member States to integrate the human rights of women and a gender perspective, and conclusions and recommendations. * Late submission. GE.09-15133 (E) 220909