UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/4/103 26 February 2007 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourth session Item 2 of the provisional agenda IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” Updated report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights and forensic science* Summary In resolution 2005/26, the Commission on Human Rights requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to submit an updated report on human rights and forensic science to the Commission at its sixty-third session. The present report, submitted in accordance with that request and with Human Rights Council decision 2/102, covers the period from January 2002 to December 2006. It refers to activities undertaken during the reporting period with respect to the database and roster of forensic experts; the consolidation and dissemination of standards; the special procedures and forensic science; training and capacity-building activities; and the use of forensic experts in fact-finding missions and commissions of inquiry. It also refers to replies received from Governments to a note verbale soliciting information on the subject. * This document is submitted late so as to include the most up-to-date information possible. GE.07-11050 (E) 050307