A/HRC/34/31 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 26 January 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 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 Principles and practical guidance on the protection of the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 32/14, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as Co-Chair of the Global Migration Group Working Group on Migration, Human Rights and Gender, to continue to develop principles and practical guidance on the protection of the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations within large and/or mixed movements, on the basis of existing legal norms, and to report thereon to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fourth session. In the present report, the High Commissioner describes the rationale for and progress of the principles and practical guidance to date. He presents a draft set of principles derived from international human rights law and related branches of law, as applicable. The present report should be read in conjunction with the related conference room paper outlining draft guidelines complementing each principle. The draft guidelines are designed to provide guidance derived from international best practice to States and other stakeholders on upholding the human rights of migrants in vulnerable situations. GE.17-01201(E) 