A/HRC/36/29 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 24 August 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Report of the Secretary-General* Note by the Secretariat The General Assembly, in its resolution 70/148, reaffirmed that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law, in particular human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, and called upon States countering terrorism to fully comply with their obligations under international law. The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of resolution 70/148 to the Human Rights Council and to the Assembly at its seventy-second session. In that regard, the Secretariat has the honour to refer the Council to the report of the Secretary-General on protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, submitted to the Assembly pursuant to that request (A/72/316). * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. GE.17-14671(E) 