A/HRC/39/1
10.
At its thirty-ninth session, the Human Rights Council will elect Advisory Committee
members for the four vacant seats, one from the Group of African States, one from the
Group of Asia-Pacific States, one from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States
and one from the Group of Western European and other States.
11.
Paragraph 70 of the annex to resolution 5/1 provides that the Human Rights Council
shall elect the members of the Advisory Committee, in secret ballot, from the list of
candidates whose names have been presented in accordance with the agreed requirements.
12.
Pursuant to paragraph 67 of the annex to resolution 5/1, the Human Rights Council
adopted decision 6/102 containing technical and objective requirements for the submission
of candidatures for members of the Advisory Committee, with the aim of ensuring that the
best possible expertise is made available to the Council.
13.
In accordance with paragraph 71 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution
5/1, the list of candidates for the four vacant seats and relevant information have been made
available to Member States and to the public in a note by the Secretary-General
(A/HRC/39/74).
Report on the session
14.
At the end of its thirty-ninth session, the Human Rights Council will have before it
for adoption a draft report prepared by the Rapporteur. It will contain a technical summary
of the proceedings of the session.
2.
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
15.
All reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Secretary-General are
submitted under agenda item 2, which remains an open-ended item throughout the session.
The reports will be considered under the relevant agenda items, as appropriate. The specific
timing of their introduction will be reflected in the programme of work.
Composition of staff of OHCHR
16.
Pursuant to its resolution 36/1, the Human Rights Council will consider the report of
the High Commissioner on the geographical composition of the staff of OHCHR and the
actions taken within the current staff selection system to achieve an equitable geographical
representation of the Office (A/HRC/39/22).
Mission by OHCHR to improve the human rights situation and accountability in Burundi
17.
In its resolution 36/2, the Human Rights Council requested OHCHR to urgently
dispatch a team of three experts to engage with the Burundian authorities and all other
stakeholders, in particular United Nations agencies and the African Union, to collect and
preserve information, to determine the facts and circumstances in accordance with
international standards and practice, in cooperation with the Government of Burundi, and to
forward to the judicial authorities of Burundi such information in order to establish the truth
and ensure that the perpetrators of deplorable crimes are all accountable to the judicial
authorities of Burundi; and to make recommendations for technical assistance and capacitybuilding and ways of improving the situation of human rights in the country with a view to
providing support to the country in fulfilling its human rights obligations, ensuring
accountability and combating impunity. Pursuant to the same resolution, the High
Commissioner will present his final report on the mission of OHCHR during an interactive
dialogue (A/HRC/39/40).
Mental health and human rights
18.
Reference is made to the report of the High Commissioner on the outcome of the
consultation on the fulfilment of a human rights perspective in mental health
(A/HRC/39/36) (see para. 44 below).
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