A/HRC/30/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Panel discussion on the issue of national policies and human rights Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/26, in which the Council decided to convene, at its twenty-eighth session, a panel discussion on the issue of national policies and human rights, with a particular focus on the findings of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on technical assistance and capacity-building options for integrating human rights into national policies, which was prepared pursuant to Council resolution 23/19, to identify challenges, further developments and good practices in mainstreaming human rights in national policies and programmes. The Council also requested OHCHR to prepare a summary report on the discussions of the panel, and to present it to the Council before its thirtieth session. The present report was prepared pursuant to that request. GE.15-12260(E) *1512260*