A/HRC/44/1
50.
In its resolution 41/6, the Human Rights Council decided to extend the mandate of
the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls for a period of three years
and to additionally request the Working Group to take into account, and mainstream across
all its work, an age dimension in the fulfilment of its mandate, and to examine the specific
forms of discrimination that girls face. The Council will consider the report of the Working
Group (A/HRC/44/51).
Child, early and forced marriage
51.
In its resolution 41/8, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner
to provide an oral update at its forty-fourth session on progress, gaps and challenges in
addressing child, early and forced marriage and measures to ensure accountability at the
community and national levels, including for women and girls at risk of and those subjected
to this harmful practice. The High Commissioner will present an oral update to the Council
(see para. 21 above).
Rights of the child
52.
Pursuant to its resolutions 7/29 and 40/14, the Human Rights Council will focus its
annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child on the theme “Realizing the rights of the
child through a healthy environment”, which will be informed by the report of the High
Commissioner thereon (A/HRC/43/30) (see para. 22 above and annex).
53.
In its resolution 74/133, the General Assembly requested the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to
the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her mandate.
The Council will consider the report of the Special Representative, Virginia Gamba
(A/HRC/43/38).
54.
In its resolutions 73/155 and 74/133, the General Assembly requested the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children to continue to submit
annual reports to the Council on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her mandate.
The Council will consider the report of the Special Representative, Najat Maalla M’jid
(A/HRC/43/39).
Human rights of migrants
55.
In its resolution 74/148, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to
submit to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session a comprehensive report
entitled “Human rights of migrants”, covering all aspects of the implementation of that
resolution. The Council will have before it the note of the Secretariat on the report of the
Secretary-General (A/HRC/44/31) (see para. 31 above).
56.
In its resolution 34/21, the Human Rights Council decided to extend for a period of
three years, effective from the end of its thirty-fifth session, the mandate of the Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, whose functions include reporting regularly to
the Council. In its resolution 41/7, the Council requested the Special Rapporteur to continue
to report on solutions and to contribute to and participate in key discussions relating to the
promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants. The Council will consider the
reports of the mandate holder, Felipe González Morales (A/HRC/44/42 and Add.1–2).
Human rights and indigenous peoples
57.
Pursuant to its resolution 39/13, the Human Rights Council will have before it the
report of OHCHR on the panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples held at its
forty-second session (A/HRC/44/34) (see para. 33 above).
58.
Pursuant to its resolutions 39/13 and 42/19, the Human Rights Council will have
before it the summary report of OHCHR on the intersessional interactive dialogue on ways
to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in
meetings of the Council on issues affecting them, held on 15 July 2019 (A/HRC/44/35) (see
para. 34 above).
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