A/HRC/24/24 I. Introduction 1. The Human Rights Council, in resolution 21/14, requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to consult with States, national human rights institutions and other relevant stakeholders on the possible target sectors, focus areas or thematic human rights issues for the third phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education and to submit a report thereon to the Council at its twenty-fourth session. The present report is submitted accordingly. 2. On 1 February 2013, OHCHR sent a request to Member States, national human rights institutions and other relevant stakeholders for their views and contributions. The consultation was also announced on the OHCHR website. On 8 February 2013, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), together with the NGO Working Group on Human Rights Education and Learning of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), launched a related online consultation through the Global Human Rights Education Listserv, an electronic network of over 10,000 individuals and organizations interested in human rights education. 3. By 3 May 2013, 54 responses to OHCHR request had been received, including 17 replies from Governments, 17 from national human rights institutions, 6 from international and regional intergovernmental organizations, 13 from NGOs and 1 from an academic institution. Additionally, HREA and the above-mentioned Working Group sent a report of the online consultation summarizing 41 contributions from 19 countries. Five individuals also replied. 4. The present report summarizes all the information received and makes some concluding remarks on the basis of suggestions received. The summaries focus on the specific request by the Human Rights Council concerning the third phase, and do not provide detailed information on human rights programmes and issues, which were sometimes extensively reported by respondents. 5. The Governments of the following Member States replied: Argentina; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Costa Rica; Estonia; Guatemala; Italy; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Lithuania; Namibia; Portugal; Romania; Serbia; Sudan; and Uruguay. 6. The following national human rights institutions replied: Australian Human Rights Commission; Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance of Tanzania; Commission nationale des droits de l’homme du Rwanda; Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary; Danish Institute for Human Rights; Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia; Defensoría del Pueblo de la República de Panamá; German Institute for Human Rights (Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte); Human Rights Commissioner of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Chile; Irish Human Rights Commission; National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia; National Human Rights Committee of Qatar; New Zealand Human Rights Commission; Ombudsman of Portugal; Republic of Albania People’s Advocate; and South African Human Rights Commission. 7. The following international and regional intergovernmental organizations also replied: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights; Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; Organization of American States; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; and World Meteorological Organization. 4