United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/45/14/Add.1 Distr.: General 7 August 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to China Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons*, ** Summary The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, on her country visit to China from 25 November to 3 December 2019. The main objective of the visit was to identify both best practices and gaps in the implementation of existing laws relating to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons. In her report following the mission, the Independent Expert assesses, to the extent possible, the implementation of existing international instruments, laws and policies pertaining to the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons in China. In line with her tenure’s priorities, the Independent Expert specifically examines the area of automation, assistive and robotics technology. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission and Chinese only. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitters’ control. GE.20-10540(E) 