UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/62 12 March 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 2 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Report of the Secretary-General on fundamental standards of humanity Note by the Secretariat* The Human Rights Council (“the Council”), in its decision 2/102, requested the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to “continue with the fulfillment of their activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and to update the relevant reports and studies.” The Secretariat submitted a note 1 to the Council at its fourth session informing it that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights would submit a biannual report on the present issue at the March-April 2008 session, unless otherwise decided by the Council. The above-mentioned report will be submitted to the Council at its eighth session in June 2008 in order to include recent relevant developments, particularly in the area of international criminal law. ----- * Late submission 1 A/HRC/4/82. GE.08-11630 (E)