A/HRC/29/35 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 April 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-ninth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Virginia Dandan Summary The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Virginia Dandan, submits the present report pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 26/6. The report provides a summary of activities undertaken by the Independent Expert during the reporting period with the aim of raising awareness of the proposed draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity in particular, and on promoting international solidarity in general. The main feature of the present report is the conceptualization in human rights terms of international solidarity in the context of the proposed draft declaration. This is the first time that international solidarity is being examined in the light of the text of the proposed draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity. GE.15-07070 (E) 